It’s Harmonic time! Birmingham musicians Chris Mapp and Percy Pursglove mounted the first Harmonic Festival in the spring of 2010, mainly at the CBSO Centre, and it was a great success.Read
Give him his due – Lang Lang puts on a good show, even to the extent of accompanying his playing (fabulous technique and tonal control) with an assortment of emotive grimaces and gestures designed to focus his listeners’ attention on the music – and himself.Read
If there were a jazz equivalent of the political “special relationship” it would seem the current one is between Britain and Norway. Certainly that is the case if you look at what’s coming up in Birmingham over the next two weeks.Read
Rock fans have just a few days left to view some of music’s most iconic memorabilia before a critically-acclaimed exhibition in Birmingham closes for the final time.Read
Operamus is an amazing enterprise which, operating on a shoestring, offers meaningful performing opportunities to young singers and instrumentalists, and thought-provoking productions to appreciative audiences.Read