Edward Seckerson talks to RENÉE FLEMING about The Light in the Piazza
Early in the development of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas’ extraordinary The Light in the Piazza it was thought that Chicago Lyric Opera might be tendering a commission for the piece. It wasn’t to be. Broadway beckoned.…
RODGERS REVEALED
Richard Rodgers aficionados Jason Carr, Edward Seckerson and Olivier Award nominee Anna Francolini celebrate arguably the greatest and most versatile popular melodist of them all. This intimate and musical evening will explore the life and music of the…
A Conversation With VICTORIA WOOD: New TV drama, ‘Loving Miss Hatto’
In 2007 Gramophone magazine uncovered an extraordinary fraud that rocked the classical music industry. Concert pianist Joyce Hatto – a little-known artist of moderate talent – was suddenly the name on everyone’s lips when a series of…
A Conversation With JAN VOGLER: Dresden Music Festival 2016
TIME is the overriding motto for the 2016 DRESDEN FESTIVAL. Music can play with time in so many interesting ways, music can even suspend time creating frozen moments, moments of stasis where time ceases to exist –…
A Conversation With SIR PAUL McCARTNEY: BBC Radio 4 Kaleidoscope
Proud of this one from 1997. I remember the day well: me, McCartney and his press agent congregating in the Broadcasting House lobby, heads turning. Then a swift elevator to the fifth floor studio sharing with a…
A Conversation With SIMON SLATER: ‘Carmen Disruption’ at the Almeida
Simon Stephens’ Carmen Disruption upends the expectations of anyone entering the Almeida Theatre. It’s a kind of living poetry, taking its cue from Bizet’s ever-popular opera but taking it into ever darker territory. When does an artist’s…
A Sneak Preview of Bend It Like Beckham
A YouTube video of the opening number! You saw it here first (hopefully)!!! Interested in learning more? Read ‘an earlier post about this musical’ written by Edward Seckerson last year. It is the afternoon of Friday 2 May…
A Conversation With LIISA RANDALU: Schumann Quartet release 2nd CD
The brothers Erik, Ken, and Mark Schumann founded the SCHUMANN QUARTET in 2007 and it might well have been an all-family affair had the cellist’s twin sister chosen to switch from violin to viola and join them.…
A Conversation With PATRICIA HODGE
Patricia Hodge is one of Britain’s most popular and versatile actresses. Her distinguished career on stage, film and television ranges from Shakespeare to comedies and modern classics. Her most recent stage appearance was in the West End…
A Conversation With DAME JANET BAKER
Every now and again – but only very rarely – a professional engagement comes along that is so personal, so loaded with treasured associations, that it transcends all normal parameters and takes on a significance all of…
