Articles...
Mar 17 2008
HARD on the heels of the world premiere of John Tavener’s Requiem came another major choral first....
Mar 13 2008
EXPERIENCE definitely counts. It certainly shows in every performance of the Borodin String Quartet. Just as chamber ensembles come and go, this quartet has certainly stood the test of time....
Feb 29 2008
AS WORLD premieres go, Tavener’s Requiem was one of the most anticipated of recent years....
Feb 29 2008
Philip Key meets the famous composer writing a specially commissioned piece for the Philharmonic...
Feb 11 2008
IT SEEMS as though English music – for the concert hall, at least – divides into two camps....
Feb 6 2008
THE last time we came to play in Wirral, “we were in a tram shed,” said Nicholas Ward, leader and music director of the Northern Chamber Orchestra....
Feb 4 2008
THE thinking behind the new Two Rivers Festival is brave, to say the least....
Nov 9 2007
THE Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has clearly got a new lease of life....
Aug 9 2007
THE arrival of the National Youth Orchestra of Spain at the Chester Summer Music Festival was something of a coup....
Jul 30 2007
IT WAS, perhaps, almost inevitable that this year’s Chester Summer Music Festival should feature a celebration of the work of Elgar. After all, the rest of the country has been hearing rare performances plucked from dusty shelves while many of the regular stalwarts are also on show....
