CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST

Franz Schreker Die Gezeichneten from the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher, easily the most rewarding full pe...

Anders Nelsson is a shining example of what people can do when they genuinely integrate with the community around them. Inequality exists...

Perhaps the most unusual musical event in London this summer: Beyond the Senses "One Colour, One Fragrance" (一色一香) where...

New horizons for Alan Gilbert, new Chief Conductor  of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.  This isn't an ordinary move in the game o...

Francis Poulenc La voix humaine  with Sarah Minns at Kings Place, London, five performances from 2nd July to 20th August. It's a n...

Elgar and his peers: The Art of the Military Band, new from SOMM.  Brass bands, both concert and military, are ideal for large-scale, ope...

The spirit of Jiří Bělohlávek, who died on 31st May, hangs over this new release of Dvořák Stabat Mater , though this recording was made...

A summit reached at the end of a long journey: Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall, as the two-year Complete Schub...

From the 1876 premiere of Grieg's Peer Gynt  Edvard Grieg's birthday, a good excuse to listen again to Peer Gynt op 23 in the ...

Doming Lam, from SCMP Hong Kong music, and indeed most modern Chinese music, might be nowhere were it not for Doming Lam ( 林 樂 培 ), ...

Russia Day, but this year marked by a crackdown on protest and opposition.  So back to the dark days of 1941, with Shostakovich alone, w...

The Mechanicals : photo credit Hugo Glendinning The 2017 season of the Aldeburgh Festival began with Britten A Midsummer Night's Dr...

Nemesis chiding Icarus for hubris - Géricault

In 2011, Parliament passed a Fixed Term Election law designed to block frivolous, costly electioneering.  So why another General Electio...