Reviews
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Review: The Winter’s Tale at the National Theatre
by Freddie Machin For ages 8+ 6– 21 February 2019 Running time: 1 hour FOUR STARS The Winter’s Tale is anRead More -
Scottish Opera: Anthropocene
Theatre Royal, Glasgow **** Review by Kenneth Walton 11 years ago, when Scottish Opera launched its Five:15 project – an initiativeRead More -
Review: Marx in London
Jonathan Dove, Theater Bonn Music **** Staging *** When Jürgen Weber, the enterprising director at Theater Bonn, first proposed theRead More -
Review by George Hall Over recent decades it’s become fashionable for companies to stage oratorios and other choral works. LeadingRead More -
Review: Guilt Trip
4 stars Intermission Youth Theatre is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with a production of Much Ado AboutRead More -
Review: Consensual
Three stars A solid play that tackles difficult issues. The emotional tightrope involved with working with young people is oftenRead More -
Review: Trench Brothers
17 October 2018 Brighton Dome Trench Brothers is a World War One project developed and delivered by HMDT Music (forRead More -
A whole new world: Disney’s Aladdin resource review
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National Theatre presents Pericles: first Public Acts production
‘A nation’s worth is truly shown by how they treat a stranger, not their own.’ I felt an impulse toRead More -
Opera Nacional de Chile stages Catholic Church satire
Review by Karyl Charna Lynn El Cristo de Elqui, or The Christ of Elqui, was the Teatro Municipal’s first worldRead More -
National Theatre Connections Festival 2018: 28 June
The National Theatre’s Connections is a nationwide youth theatre festival that has been running for twenty years. It commissions tenRead More -
The Star Seekers
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Lessons in Love and Violence at Covent Garden
The libretto is full of meaty conflicts. The performances are excellent. The orchestral sound-world is full of ear-tingling surprises. SoRead More -
Review: Grigory Sokolov, Malta International Music Festival
Haydn Sonatas Nos 32, 47, 49; Schubert Impromptus D935 Op 142, Nos 1-4 (27 April) Grigory Sokolov shuffles on toRead More -
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gives first performance of work to commemorate Gallipoli
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has given the first performance of Turkish composer Can Atilla’s ‘Gallipoli’ Symphony, The 57th Regiment, inRead More -
Lenny Henry to narrate Peter and the Wolf with Birmingham Conservatoire Pops Orchestra
Lenny Henry will narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf on Friday 4 May at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Henry, whoRead More -
BBC Music magazine announces winners of its 2018 awards
Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have won BBC Music magazine’s Recording of the Year for their performanceRead More -
Review: Pianographique at Abu Dhabi Festival
Pianographique Works by Steve Reich, Maurice Ravel and Philip Glass with live visualisation Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies (pianos); CoriRead More -
Cello reviews
Cello Recital Albums: Volumes 1 and 2 Christoph Sassmannshaus, Bärenreiter, £13.00 I strongly believe that children should have a high-qualityRead More -
Donizetti: Requiem
Natalia Runiš (sop), Agniezka Rehlis (mez), Jaroslav Březina (ten), Jirí Brückler, Jan Martiník (bas); Collegium Vocale 1704; Collegium 1704/Václav LuksRead More
