BBC Proms: Rarely has large-scale Handel felt so vital & involving. Peter Whelan & the Irish Baroque Orchestra in the Dublin version of Alexander's Feast
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: : . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Sunday , 31 August 2025 BBC Proms : Rarely has large-scale Handel felt so vital involving . Peter Whelan the Irish Baroque Orchestra in the Dublin version of Alexander's Feast Labels : BBC concert review Handel Ireland Proms Handel : Alexander's Feast Hilary Cronin , Stuart Jackson , Peter Whelan , Irish Baroque Orchestra Chorus BBC Proms Photo : Chris Christodoulou BBC Handel : Alexander's Feast 1742 version , modern premiere Concerti a due cori Hilary Cronin , Hugh Cutting , Stuart Jackson , Irish Baroque Orchestra Chorus , Peter Whelan BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 30 August 2025 This was unashamedly Big Baroque with the Dublin version of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 30 August 2025 Up close personal : a pacey vivid account of Mozart's Don Giovanni from Ensemble OrQuesta at the Grimeborn Festival Labels : Grimeborn opera review Mozart : Don Giovanni Ensemble OrQuesta at Grimeborn Festival , Arcola Theatre Photo : Julian Guidera Mozart : Don Giovanni Marcio da Silva , Flavio Lauria , Helen May , Rosemary Carlton-Willis , Anna-Luise Wagner , John Twitchen , director : Marcio da Silva , Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble , conductor : Andreas Levisianos , Ensemble OrQuesta Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre Reviewed 29 August 2025 A compact chamber version of the opera , notable for its pacey drama and
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 Sing for Pleasure , the UK’s leading provider of choral conductor training , launches its newly updated Choral Conductor Training Programme Labels : music education Sing for Pleasure training in action Photo : Simon King This month , nbsp Sing for Pleasure , the UK’s leading provider of choral conductor training , launched its newly updated Choral Conductor Training Programme . The Programme , is an expansion and development on existing courses and builds on 60 years of expertise in the . field The new programme starts with an Essentials module and then there are four levels Consolidating , Developing , Enriching and Extending . The
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 East meets West : music for strings and tabla from Dionysius Ensemble as part of Slough Cultural Revival Labels : preview Slough Cultural Revival is a project led by Slough Arts Forum , a collective of over 50 arts organisations , and supported by Arts Council England , intended to revive’ the town as a centre for creativity and innovation , and act as a powerful catalyst for a vibrant cultural future for the . town As part of this , the Dionysius Ensemble is presenting a cross cultural music event in Slough . East meets West at St Mary's Church , Slough , SL1 1PJ on 28 September 2025 will feature music for strings and tabla , with
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 Time to get blowing : Brassworks , Woolwich Works' celebration of all things brass Labels : preview Brassworks at Woolwich Works Brassworks , Woolwich Works' celebrations of all things brass returns to the multi-disciplinary cultural hub on the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich on Saturday 6 September 2025 with a parade through Woolwich , and a full day of free outdoor concerts in the . courtyard The day kicks off with a parade through Woolwich towards Dial Arch and through the Royal Arsenal , winding its way to Woolwich Works . There , the Courtyard Stage will feature a whole variety of brass in free performances until 9.30pm . There is
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 26 August 2025 25 years of the special natural setting of Exmoor Dartmoor : the Two Moors Festival celebrates Labels : preview South Molton Church This October the Two Moors Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with events encompassing Exmoor 1-5 October 2025 and Dartmoor 8-12 October 2025 Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the UK . It usually welcomes over 4,000 people to its rural venues . The Festival also nurtures young artists through its Young Musicians’ Competition and assists performers through its residency programmes . This year’s line-up represents the best of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 26 August 2025 A milestone : Steel City Choristers' first international tour to Berlin and Leipzig Labels : music news sheffield Steel City Choristers performing at Berlin Cathedral Earlier this month , Steel City Choristers went on its first international tour a week-long trip singing in Berlin and Leipzig . The choir of 24 children and 15 adult singers , based at St Mark’s Broomhill in Sheffield , was formed following the unexpected disbanding of Sheffield Cathedral Choir in 2020, with the aim of keeping choral music alive in the . city Members of the cathedral-style choir sang a diverse range of works for hundreds of people in six performances at
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 23 August 2025 Ravishing delight : Rebecca Meltzer tells the story of Handel's Semele with engaging clarity at Waterperry Opera with Hilary Cronin Michael Lafferty Labels : Handel Opera Holland Park opera review Waterperry Handel : Semele Hilary Cronin ensemble Waterperry Opera Festival Photo : Jennifer Hawthorn Handel : Semele Hilary Cronin , Michael Lafferty , Sophie Goldrrick , Nathan Mercieca , Sarah Winn , director : Rebecca Meltzer , conductor : Bertie Baigent , Waterperry Opera Festival Opera Holland Park Reviewed 23 August 2025 A small-scale production with a big heart . Director Rebecca Meltzer tells the story with engaging clarity and
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 22 August 2025 BBC Proms : A performance to treasure as Fabio Luisi the Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrate their centenary with Beethoven , Bent Sørensen Anna Clyne Labels : BBC concert review Proms Danish National Symphony Orchestra , Fabio Luisi BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall Photo : BBC Chris Christodoulou Bent Sørensen : Evening Land , Anna Clyne : The Years Beethoven : Symphony No . 9 in D minor , Choral’ Clara Cecilie Thomsen , Jasmin White , Issachah Savage , Adam Pałka , Danish National Symphony Orchestra , Danish National Concert Choir , Fabio Luisi BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Beethoven's choral symphony in a performance
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 22 August 2025 A final goodbye to this year's Salzburg Festival Labels : Salzburg Theatre-goers leaving the Haus für Mozart with Festung Hohensalzburg in the . background A final goodbye to this year's Salzburg Festival , nbsp I had an amazing five days , taking in three operas and two concerts , including hearing both Riccardo Muti and Daniel Barenboim in action , as well as Dmitri Tcherniakov's first Baroque opera production , an abstract kinetic staging of a bel canto masterpiece and a reworking of an unfinished Mozart . opera The performers invested so much in the music that we were carried away : Raphaël Pichon Pygmalion rethink Mozart's Zaide opera
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 21 August 2025 The sound of Carnival : in advance of this year's Notting Hill Carnival I chat to Eversely Mills the band manager of Metronomes Steel Orchestra about the sounds and traditions of steel bands Labels : interview The Notting Hill Carnival this year is from Saturday 23 August to Monday 25 August and a big feature , as ever , will be the Steel Bands with the Steel Band Competition on the Saturday and the Parade on the Monday . We are all familiar with the sound of the steel band , yet as a musical ensemble it remains distinct yet distinctive . I recently chatted to Eversely Mills the band manager of Metronomes Steel Orchestra to find out
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 21 August 2025 Colombian soprano Julieth Lozano gets into the spirit of the carnival for circus opera Le Carnaval de Venise by Campra Labels : Guest Posting preview Julieth Lozano in rehearsal getting ready for her aerial moves Vache Baroque is celebrating its fifth anniversary by returning to its home , The Vache , Chalfont St Giles , Buckinghamshire , to perform André Campra's little-known opera , Le Carnaval de Venise Written in 1699, the opera was premiered by the Académie royale de musique in Paris and the work was dedicated to Louis , Grand Dauphin , eldest son of King Louis XIV , who enjoyed it and had it staged again in February 1711. Vache
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 20 August 2025 The performers invested so much in the music that we were carried away : Raphaël Pichon Pygmalion rethink Mozart's Zaide at the Salzburg Festival Labels : opera review Salzburg Mozart : Zaide Lea Desandre , Johannes Martin Kränzle , Pygmalion Salzburg Festival Photo : SF Marco Borrelli Mozart : Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts Sabine Devieilhe Lea Desandre , Julian Prégardien , Daniel Behle , Johannes Martin Kränzle , Pygmalion , conductor : Raphaël Pichon Salzburg Festival at the Felsenreitschule , Salzburg Reviewed 17 August 2025 A new version of Mozart's Zaide with extra music from other sources including Davide Penitente to create a
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 18 August 2025 Travelling hopefully : defying age ill health , Daniel Barenboim conducts his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Wagner , Mendelssohn Beethoven at the Salzburg Festival Labels : concert review Salzburg Wagner : Siegfried Idyll Daniel Barenboim , West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Grosses Festspielhaus , Salzburg Festival Photo : SF Marco Borelli Wagner : Siegfried Idyll Mendelssohn : nbsp Piano Concerto No . 1 in G minor Beethoven : Symphony No . 3 Eroica' Lang Lang , West-Eastern Divan Orchestra , Daniel Barenboim Salzburg Festival at Grosses Festspielhaus , Salzburg Reviewed 15 August 2025 Daniel Barenboim defies age and illness to conduct
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Sunday , 17 August 2025 Youthful tragedy and transcendental mystery : Riccardo Muti Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Schubert Bruckner at Salzburg Festival Labels : concert review Salzburg Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra , Riccardo Muti Grosses Festspielhaus , Salzburg Festival Photo : SF Marco Borelli Schubert : nbsp Symphony No . 4 Tragic' Bruckner : nbsp Mass in F minor Ying Fang , Wiebke Lehmkuhl , Pavol Breslik , William Thomas , Konzertvereinignung Wiener Staatopenchor , Wiener Philharmoniker , Riccardo Muti Salzburg Festival at Grosses Festspielhaus , Salzburg Reviewed 15 August 2025 Under veteran conductor Riccardo Muti's deft direction the Vienna
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 16 August 2025 Strange intriguing : Dmitri Tcherniakov directs his first Baroque opera with Handel's Giulio Cesare in Salzburg Labels : Handel opera review Salzburg Handel : Giulio Cesare in Egitto Robert Raso Curio Lucile Richardot Cornelia Yuriy Mynenko Tolomeo Andrey Zhilikhovsky Achilla Salzburg Festival Photo : SF Monika Rittershaus Handel : Giulio Cesare in : Egitto Christophe Dumaux , Olga Kulchynska , Lucile Richardot , Federico Fiorio , Yuriy Mynenko , Andrey Zhilikhovsky , director : Dmitri Tcherniakov , Le Concert d'Astrée , Emmanuelle Haïm Salzburg Festival at Haus für Mozart Reviewed 14 August 2025 Despite Dmitri Tcherniakov's updating
: , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 12 August 2025 Award-winning Michael Morpurgo-based animated film , Kensuke’s Kingdom with score by Stuart Hancock now on BBC iPlayer Labels : film preview The animated feature film Kensuke’s Kingdom had its British network TV premiere earlier this month on Sunday , 3 August on BBC One , which means that it is now available on BBC iPlayer until next year Adapted from the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name the film was part of the BBC’s programming to mark the 80th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , with the latter featuring in the backstory of the old Japanese soldier Kensuke voiced by Ken Watanabe It is a stunning hand-drawn animated
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 12 August 2025 Violinist Zoë Beyers to replace Jacqueline Shave and Thomas Gould as Leader of Britten Sinfonia Labels : Britten Sinfonia music news Zoë Beyers leads Britten Sinfonia at Westminster Abbey Photo : Shoël Stadlen Britten Sinfonia has announced that violinist Zoë Beyers is to become the orchestra’s new Leader . She will replace Jacqueline Shave and Thomas Gould , who shared this role for over a decade . Beyers’ association with Britten Sinfonia began over 20 years ago , when she was a frequent guest in then-leader Jacqueline Shave’s first violin section . In the past year , she has worked regularly with the orchestra as Leader and Director
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 12 August 2025 Pianist Cyrill Ibrahim joins World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens as artist in residence Labels : preview Cyrill Ibrahim From September 2025, pianist Cyrill Ibrahim will be the new artist in residence at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens . nbsp A firm believer in bringing classical music into the mainstream , Ibrahim will support World Heart Beat’s mission to make music accessible to all , enriching lives . He will be taking part in series of immersive performances in both the auditorium and communal café at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens . He will also be taking part in masterclasses , mentoring and other engagement opportunities over the
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 11 August 2025 Celebrating Barbara Hepworth : a new violin concerto by Nick Martin with Tamsin Waley-Cohen Manchester Camerata Labels : Manchester preview Barbara Hepworth : Sphere with Inner Form 1963, at the Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo , the Netherlands 50 years after her death , a new violin concerto will be celebrating the life and legacy of sculptor Barbara Hepworth . Commissioned by Manchester Camerata , Nick Martin s Violin Concerto will be premiered at Whitworth Art Gallery , Manchester with violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen as soloist on 4 September , with further performances at The Hepworth , Wakefield on 5 September and at Kings Place ,
: : . , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 11 August 2025 Glasgow Cathedral Festival : celebrating the city's 850th anniversary with a poetic imagining of the story of St . Enoch , mother of the city's founder Labels : preview Scotland Evening concert at Glasgow Cathedral Festival Glasgow Cathedral Festival returns from 18–21 September 2025, for its ninth edition bringing life to Glasgow’s medieval cathedral with site-specific live music , film , theatre , art , talks and tours , and this year also celebrating the city's 850th . anniversary This year’s festival draws together cultural and scientific influences across a range of art forms : from established classical music favourites to