Aug
2010
Articles from 6th Aug 2010
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Review: Rimma Sushanskaya at King Edward VI School, Stratford
Aug 06 2010 | Music
A cosmopolitan audience enjoyed this opening recital of the annual Virtuoso Violin Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, an international summer school which brings musicians together for nine days of master classes and individual tuition. Read
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Review: Leon McCawley at Birmingham Conservatoire
Aug 06 2010 | Music
Compared to his Adagio for Strings, the Piano Sonata of Samuel Barber is not so well known. But it was the main feature of Leon McCawley’s recital at the Conservatoire. The concert – the second of three in the recital series of Birmingham’s International Piano Academy – also celebrated the bicentenary of the births of Schumann and Chopin. Read
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A Requiem is born
Aug 06 2010 | Music
Christopher Morley speaks to composer John Joubert about death and following in the footsteps of Elgar. Read
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Review: CBSO at BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall
Aug 06 2010 | Music
As the CBSO supporters’ coach arrived at the Albert Hall at noon there was already a substantial queue of Prommers waiting for concert tickets – after last year’s triumph word had got out that this was likely to be a special night. Read
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Jazz Diary: Beacon of talent
Aug 06 2010 | Music
Brecon Jazz has been saved from extinction by Hay Festivals and they have secured some big names for this weekend’s 2010 event, including Hugh Masekela, Charlie Musselwhite and Orchesta Buena Vista Social Club, but as with all jazz festivals it’s usually to the less established names that one goes for the deeper pleasures. Brecon certainly offers its fair share of young British bands as well as some interesting international visitors. Here’s my pick: Read
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Review: Die Walkure at Longborough Festival Opera
Aug 06 2010 | Music
The miracle which is Longborough is now renowned worldwide. Martin and Lizzie Graham’s vision in transforming the barn at their Cotswold home into an opera-house capable of performing Wagner with the kind of full orchestra that determinedly megalomaniac composer demands has now been triumphantly vindicated with the completion of half of the Ring tetralogy. Read
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Made In Birmingham - the city's punk, reggae and bhangra heritage
Aug 06 2010 | Music
Alison Jones talks to the team behind a new film chronicling the unique music of Birmingham. Read
