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Month: July 2018

In praise of the BBC Young Musician scheme

Posted on July 20, 2018July 22, 2018 by Michael Church
BBC Young Musician 40th Anniversary, Royal Albert Hall With Brexit threatening to unpick all the things which make life worth living in Britain, it behoves us to count our spoons (as the old saying go... Read More

Jacob Collier – too many toys in his pram

Posted on July 20, 2018July 22, 2018 by Michael Church
Jacob Collier and Friends, Royal Albert Hall It goes without saying that 24-year-old Jacob Collier is a phenomenon. There’s no instrument he can’t play, and he sometimes plays several at once. He ... Read More

The Skating Rink – a chance thrown away

Posted on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 by Michael Church
The Skating Rink, Garsington Opera at Wormsley On paper The Skating Rink had a lot going for it. A distinguished cast, and in Stewart Laing an experienced director-designer. A composer, David Sawer, w... Read More

In praise of Highgate Choral Society

Posted on July 2, 2018July 3, 2018 by Michael Church
Highgate Choral Society – a musical community like no other The reading was to take place in a rough-and-ready little theatre under a Waterloo railway arch. The title of the play was Short Memory, a... Read More

In new directorial hands Holten’s ROH Don Giovanni works brilliantly

Posted on July 2, 2018July 3, 2018 by Michael Church
Don Giovanni, Royal Opera House, London Some revivals save shows, others only serve to highlight their inherent weaknesses. Richard Jones’s replacement for John Copley’s much-loved Covent Garden B... Read More

Pelleas et Melisande at Glyndebourne – directorially iffy, musically superb

Posted on July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 by Michael Church
Pelléas et Mélisande, Glyndebourne Festival Opera The lost souls of Pelléas et Mélisande inhabit a castle; their drama takes place in a forest by the sea. Director Stefan Herheim initially toyed w... Read More

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