Articles...
Jan 21 2008
IF THERE was ever a problem with an Ensemble 10/10 concert, it’s the fact they are always so different it’s well nigh impossible to compare one with the other....
Jan 21 2008
THANK goodness Liverpool audiences seem to have regained their old sense of curiosity....
Dec 17 2007
THE La’s bassist and Cast front man, John Power, played a mesmerising set at the Zanzibar in Liverpool....
Dec 10 2007
IT’S the kind of anecdote you might tell your grandchildren....
Dec 5 2007
IN A COLD, grey world, where musical monotony reigns and X Factor glory means all, what we’re all missing is a little bit of rock theatre....
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 21 2007
THERE is a widely held perception, long in the public domain, that the English folk music tradition has been overshadowed and even overwhelmed by its close Celtic neighbours, thus rendering it sterile and hidebound....
Nov 19 2007
THE great gigs just keep on coming at the Phil, which continues to bring some of the choicest musical morsels to the city for the first time....
