Music
Orchestra of Opera North – 2020: An Isolation Odyssey
Conductor: Tobias Ringborg With an opera and concert season cut short by the coronavirus outbreak and a devoted audience to…
Read More »Swedish Philharmonia – Leeds Town Hall
Conductor: Jaime Martin Violin Soloist: Viktoria Mullova The Swedish Philharmonia is the name adopted by the Gavle Symphony Orchestra for…
Read More »A Night on Broadway – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Michael England Take four bona fide musical theatre stars – with credits spanning Annie Get Your Gun, Avenue Q, Les…
Read More »Orchestra of Opera North: Arya – Huddersfield Town Hall
Conductor: Harish Shankar Soloist: Jasdeep Singh Degun It says much for the success of the Kirklees Concert Season that such…
Read More »Sounds of the 1920s – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland After a long gestation, on 5th September 1920, the newly formed City of Birmingham Orchestra gave its…
Read More »The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff – Northern Stage, Newcastle
Book, Lyrics and Music: The Young‘uns Director: Lorne Campbell The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff is based on an album of…
Read More »BBC Philharmonic – Leeds Town Hall
Conductor: Ben Gernon This much-anticipated concert with a world premiere by Edward Gregson began with Tchaikovsky’s Fantasy Overture from Romeo…
Read More »The Transfiguration Of Benjamin Banneker – La MaMa, New York City
Dramaturg: Andrea Balis Director: Theodora Skipitares Reviewer: Alithea Howes he Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker, currently at La Mama’s Ellen Stewart…
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