A Conversation With VASILY PETRENKO: Shostakovich’s Symphony No 14
At its première in June 1969 Shostakovich described his Symphony No. 14, in effect a symphonic song cycle, as ‘a fight for the liberation of humanity… a great protest against death, a reminder to live one’s life…
A Conversation With REINHARD GOEBEL & MIRIJAM CONTZEN: New Mozart Violin Concertos recording
In Leopold Mozart’s old house (now a museum) in the Bavarian city of Augsburg a piano tuner is hard at work tuning one of the working exhibits – a venerable clavichord. Enter Reinhard Goebel and Mirijam Contzen…
BBC RADIO 3 – CD REVIEW “BUILDING A LIBRARY” Saturday 8 March
This prime spot on Radio 3’s flagship programme CD REVIEW is easily the most challenging that any music journalist can undertake – and having braved that challenge on countless occasions over the last three decades with the mighty…
A Conversation With MAXIM VENGEROV
Friday 17th January 6.00pm, Barbican Centre Pre-concert “In Conversation” with Maxim Vengerov… [Read More]
A Conversation With DAME FELCITIY LOTT
Tuesday 25th February 7.00pm, The Forge An evening with Dame Felicity Lott (for the Incorporated Society of Musicians)… [Read More]
A Conversation With VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
Sunday 27th April 2014, London Jewish Cultural Centre In conversation with Vladimir Ashkenazy… [Read More]
A Conversation With MAUREEN LIPMAN
Tuesday 13th May 2014 3.00pm, Newbury Festival at Sydmonton Court In conversation with Maureen Lipman… [Read More]
A Conversation With SIR THOMAS ALLEN
Thursday 15th May 8pm 2014, London Jewish Cultural Centre at Ivy House In conversation with Sir Thomas Allen… [Read More]
A Conversation With RUPERT GOOLD & DUNCAN SHEIK: ‘American Psycho’ – A New Musical Thriller
In the season of goodwill a new musical based on Bret Easton Ellis’ notorious novel American Psycho might earn itself the subtitle “NOT the Christmas Show” – but when the composer is Duncan Sheik, he of the…
A Conversation With GIANLUCA MARCIANO: Italian style and traditions
Bowing in at the London Coliseum for the latest revival of Anthony Minghella’s sumptuous staging of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, conductor Gianluca Marciano is fast building a reputation as one of the most thoughtful and stylistically incisive of…
