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The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on tour, and Barenboim’s faltering state

Posted on August 12, 2024August 13, 2024 by Michael Church
Prom 31 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim, and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Royal Albert Hall With violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and conductor Daniel Barenboim on stage, Prom 31 boasted two of t... Read More

An inspired ‘Fairy Queen’

Posted on August 11, 2024August 12, 2024 by Michael Church
The Fairy Queen Les arts florissants, conducted by Paul Agnew; Compagnie Käfig, directed by Mourad Merzouki Royal Albert Hall: Prom 24 Sometimes a minority art-form can unexpectedly appear centre-sta... Read More

The Last Prom – and Brexit

Posted on September 15, 2019September 17, 2019 by Michael Church
Last Prom, Royal Albert Hall In the ancient past, four years ago, people going to the Last Prom had a fairly settled sense of how to deal with it. Left-wingers could laugh at the programme’s jingois... Read More

An anti-Brexit Prom

Posted on September 20, 2018September 23, 2018 by Michael Church
The Last Prom 2018, Royal Albert Hall The Proms always go out on a high, if you discount the last one whose interest is political rather than musical. In Prom 72, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra... Read More

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

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