Have your say…

Have your say… Absent pilgrim A concert I missed but would have loved to have attended was in 2000 when, as part of his Bach Pilgrimage, John Eliot Gardiner conducted Bach cantatas in Santo Domingo de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela. The performance of BWV 161 is something I will never forgive myself for missing. Mark […]

On your cover CD

ON YOUR COVER CD Remembering a great all-round musician Julian Haylock introduces the works performed on our disc by the much-loved pianist and conductor Lars Vogt Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’* Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2* Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2** Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor ArtistsLars Vogt (piano)*Royal […]

Welcome

Welcome When Marin Alsop appeared at the BBC Proms in August with her Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, she was greeted like a returning hero, such was the warmth of the audience’s response. It’s this ability to forge genuine emotional connections that has made Alsop not just an inspiration for aspiring female conductors over the past […]

The Music of Ukraine

The Music of Ukraine Protect and survive Even before the current Russian invasion, Ukraine has had to battle hard to secure its own culture and musical identity, as Daniel Jaffé discovers ‘Riding under fire and rockets is a very interesting experience, but I do not wish it on anyone.’ So Yurii Cheka nof the Kyiv […]

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Live music guide 2022/23

LIVE MUSIC GUIDE 2022/23 Looking forward There’s plenty for your diary as musicians prepare for special anniversaries and exciting new themes COMPILED & WRITTEN BY PAUL RILEY UK The Marian Consort Little Missenden Church, Amersham, 9 October Web: www.marianconsort.co.uk Currently touring a subversive Tudor programme bookended by settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Tallis […]