Articles...
Apr 14 2008
THE British are blessed with an extraordinarily fine choral tradition....
Mar 11 2008
A NEW Liverpool musical has a rather unusual musical source for its inspiration, no less than Franz Schubert....
Feb 25 2008
IT MUST be a somewhat difficult task to come up with a new and innovative format for every performance....
Feb 8 2008
THIRTY-FIVE years ago Peter Brook, directing Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream at Stratford, had the cast juggling plates on the top of sticks while they went about their business. It was outrageous, but was a phenomenal artistic success....
Jan 4 2008
LIVERPOOL Capital of Culture may be occupying the headlines, but that doesn't mean there is nothing happening elsewhere. Birkenhead, for example, sees the creation of the Two Rivers Festival to celebrate music and the arts in the many beautiful buildings in Wirral....
Dec 14 2007
THE number one seasonal gift for a Liverpool Phil concert-goer this year is Vasily Petrenko’s new release of Tchaikovsky ballet music....
Nov 26 2007
IF MENDELSSOHN had chosen to write operas, Elijah would have been a highly successful debut composition....
Nov 23 2007
IT REALLY was a quite extra-ordinary occasion. Many of us will remember sitting in a rather sparsely- populated Philharmonic Hall a decade ago after the main concert had taken place and the crowds had cleared....
Nov 22 2007
ANYTHING with the words “world premiere” normally has most people reaching for their tin hats, heading for the trenches or simply simmering at home in stony silence....
Nov 19 2007
IT TAKES courage to perform Verdi’s Requiem. For a start, it’s a well-known work, so any imperfections will be spotted by the audience....
