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  Catching up (Part 3)

  April 2020 to December 2020 In which the Tourist condenses down 2020, in and out of lockdown, mostly watching stuff on a screen. Don’t worry he also took walks, saw punters when permitted and growled at the state of his disappointing nation, but it is only now he is back…

  November 5, 2021
• Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture London Minimalism

  Music of the Spheres: Aurora Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall review ****

  Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Kate Wicks (production design), William Reynolds (lighting design)  Queen Elizabeth Hall, 5th June 2019 Max Richter – Journey (CP1919) Beethoven – Molto Adagio from String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 (Razumovsky) Thomas Adès – Concerto for violin & chamber orchestra (Concentric…

  June 28, 2019
• Amsterdam Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Culture London

  Mozart and Beethoven chamber music for winds at the Wigmore Hall review ****

  Alexander Melnikov (piano), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn) Wigmore Hall, 31st March 2019 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio in B minor K540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452 Ludwig van Beethoven – Horn Sonata in F Op.…

  April 14, 2019
• Baroque Chamber Music Classical Music Concert Concerto Culture London Suite Symphony

  Philippe Herreweghe and Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor),Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 21st February 2019 JS Bach – Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 Mozart – Symphony No.41 (Jupiter)  A rare opportunity to hear modern instruments tackle some core Baroque and Classical orchestral repertoire in an HIP style,…

  March 11, 2019
• Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical London

  Emerson String Quartet at Milton Court review ****

  The Emerson String Quartet Milton Court Concert Hall, 8th November 2018 Britten – String Quartet No 3, Op 94 Shostakovich – String Quartet No 8 in C minor, Op 110 Beethoven – String Quartet No 7 in F major, Op 59 No 1, “Razumovsky” You still see some venerable rock…

  November 21, 2018
• Classical Music Concert Culture London

  The Australian Chamber Orchestra at Milton Court review *****

  The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director) Milton Court Concert Hall, 22nd October 2018 WA Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat major K543 Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 Symphony No 41 “Jupiter” in C major K551 If you don’t know the Australian Chamber Orchestra then you should.…

  November 2, 2018
• Classical Music Culture London Opera

  The Marriage of Figaro at the ENO review *****

  The Marriage of Figaro English National Opera, 12th April 2018 It isn’t easy to think of a better opera than the Marriage of Figaro. And, as we culture vultures know, when opera works there is scarcely any entertainment to match it. It is just a shame that opera so rarely…

  April 24, 2018
• Baroque Classical Music Concert Contemporary Classical Culture Early Music London Renaissance

  Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall review *****

  Britten Sinfonia Wigmore Hall, 24th January 2018 Heinrich Biber – Mystery Sonata No 1 “The Annunciation” Philip Glass – Orbit Leo Chadburn – Five Loops for the Bathyscaphe Arvo Part – Spiegel am Spiegel WA Mozart – Piano Trio No 3 K502 There is something of the spirit of punk…

  January 30, 2018
• Classical Music Culture Exhibition London Opera

  Opera: Passion, Power and Politics exhibition at the V&A review ****

  Opera: Passion, Power and Politics V&A, 13th November 2017 You can’t seem to navigate on t’Internet, (all right, the bit that isn’t hate, porn or celebrity, which doesn’t leave much), for confessionals from opera lovers telling you how they came to love the “queen”, or is it “king”, of art…

  November 19, 2017
• Baroque Classical Music Culture London

  Australian Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall review ****

  Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 3rd November 2017 Bach The Art of Fugue Contrapunctus 1 to 4 Mozart Piano Concerto 15 Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Octet Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence There is something truly thrilling about watching a group of string players,…

  November 11, 2017