Mar
2010
Articles from 26th Mar 2010
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Classical Review: Carmen, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
Mar 26 2010 | Music
This production of Carmen proves that less can mean more. Read
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Old and new requiems light up Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Two requiems separated by 113 years are performed this week. Christopher Morley looks at their creation. Read
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Classical Review: Tosca, Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Now creaking after 18 years, Welsh National Opera’s production of Tosca, when sung and conducted as disappointingly as we heard on Wednesday, does Puccini no favours. Read
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Classical Review: Ex Cathedra Consort at Highbury Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
A lovely afternoon and elegant venue was perfect for this spring celebration, and an imaginatively-themed concert by Jeffrey Skidmore and his handpicked Consort of just ten singers. Read
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Classical Music: Yevgeny Sudbin at Stratford Civic Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Although only thirty, Yevgeny Sudbin has already produced highly acclaimed recordings and been mentioned in the same breath as Horowitz and Michelangeli. Read
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Classical Review: Squares, Circles, Labyrinths at Q Club, Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
To be honest, the Birmingham University Department of Music could easily have mounted this concert, involving huge forces, within the Great Hall back at base – but I’m glad they didn’t. Read
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Classical Music: Philharmonia Orchestra at the Symphony Hall
Mar 26 2010 | Music
Tuesday’s concert should have allowed us to relish the two greatest works in their respective genres, and both by Beethoven: his Violin Concerto and his Third Symphony, the Eroica, which broke every bounds imaginable and paved the way for everything else that was to follow. Read
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Jazz Diary: Dan Berglund brings piano trio to Birmingham
Mar 26 2010 | Music
When Dan Berglund announced he was putting a new band together there was bound to be intense interest. Read
