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Reviews
Marmen Quartet, Lakeside, Nottingham. 22 February 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“The Marmen Quartet: alive to every nuance of the music they perform.”
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lakeside Nottingham
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Birmingham Town Hall, 21st February 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A glorious evening of music from a similarly glorious band of players under their Principal Conductor, Dinis Sousa, and solo clarinetist, Julian Bliss (pictured).”
Kazuki Conducts Elgar & Beethoven Parts I & II, CBSO, Symphony Hall Birmingham, Wednesday 21 February & Thursday 22 February, 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An impressive preview of CBSO pieces to be played on CBSO’s forthcoming, ten-city tour of Europe.”
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham 20 February 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“A concert which breathed new life into old favourites.”
Photo Credit: Photo of Julian Bliss, Courtesy of Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 15 February 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A much loved Russian masterpiece surrounded with wonderful French orchestral showpieces.”
Zee Zee (piano)Lakeside, Nottingham. 15 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“Zee Zee explores the work of classical music’s most famous love triangle.”
Tchaikovsky & Beethoven, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Valentine’s Day 14/02/24. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Lots of Passionate Romance, and then some delightful Beethoven.”
Photo Credit: https://visitbirmingham.com/whats-on/tchaikovsky-and-beethoven-with-the-cbso-p1538951
Armonico Consort with Rachel Podger et al, Town Hall, Birmingham, 12 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An impressive concert of some new old music.”
Elena Fischer-Dieskau (piano)Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 11 February 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Ruff.
“A pianist who brings vivid story-telling to some unusual repertoire.”
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 01 February 2024. 4****: William Ruff
“The CBSO’s presents a fairy tale programme with plenty of Technicolor spectacle.”
Beethoven 5, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 24 January 2024, also Thursday 25 January 2024. 4****: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An uneven evening with a Mozartian gem at its core.”
Photo: Courtesy of CBSO, Birmingham.
Ossian Huskinson (bass-baritone) with Matthew Fletcher (piano), Lakeside, Nottingham 25 January, 2024. 4****: William Ruff
“Vivid musical story-telling from a singer with a bright future.”
Photo: Courtesy of Lakeside, Nottingham.
Alexander Ullman (piano)Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 21 January 2024. 4****: William Ruff
“Fine pianism – and impressive stamina - from Alexander Ullman.”
Photo: Courtesy of Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham.
The National Youth Orchestra, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 05 January 2024. 5*****: William Ruff:
“The NYO’s spectacular playing bodes well for the future of classical music.”
Tenebrae, A Christmas Conversation, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 19 December 2023. 5*****: William Ruff.
“Tenebrae create an uplifting fusion of Christmas words and music.”
Yu Kosuge (piano), Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 17 December 2023. 4****: William Ruff.
“Piano playing of depth, concentration and sharp focus.”
Photo Credit: Marco Borggreve.
Kazuki Conducts Beethoven’s Eroica, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 13 December 2023. 5*****: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Fabulous music, not so sure about the concept.”
I Fagiolini and Brecon Baroque, Lakeside, Nottingham, 14 December 2023. 4****: William Ruff.
“I Fagiolini celebrate both the spiritual and the earthy sides of Christmas.”
The Songs of Solomon by Salomone Rossi - Vache Baroque, St John’s Smith Square, London SW1. 4****: Clare Colvin.
“Choreography that flowed through the course of the evening.”
Photo Credit: The Photography Shed.
The Hallé, Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 05 December 2023. 5*****: William Ruff.
“The Hallé on spectacular form under conductor Chloé van Soeterstède.”