The search for the definitive Miles Davis sound
What an incredible task the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw set themselves. To revisit the 1960s sound world of Miles Davis, and more specifically, to recreate a concert given by…
Hardenberger, Wallroth and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta ooze class
There are concerts that surprise you, that you just can’t get out of your mind. Last night’s Bach inspired concert in Enschede, with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta under the direction of Tomo Kellers featuring Håkan Hardenberger and the young Swedish soprano Johanna Wallroth, was one such concert.
Beauty and stillness in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s monumental Mahler 9
In a week when the world mourned the death of Elizabeth II, the inclusion of Mahler 9 exploring death and the disintegration of life, brought a certain solemnity to the…
A Striking If Perplexing Midsummer Night’s Dream!
As a Suffolk girl, growing up just six miles from Benjamin Britten’s place of birth, the music from this most English of composers runs deep through my veins. Whilst preparing…
The Day Miro Petkov And Dominic Seldis Came To Town
We are told that sometimes, the best things come to he who waits, however, over the past couple of years it seems there has been rather too much waiting. It…