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REVIEW: BREMF: GAIA – Three Intermedi for a Living Planet

REVIEW: BREMF: GAIA – Three Intermedi for a Living Planet

The music was superb, opening with tremendous aplomb with Josquin des Prez’s Qui habitat. Astonishing opening, lifting, soring purity of voice rising into the high ethereal vaults of this highest of Parish churches, the programme of music was ambitious in scope and well thought out and balanced and

REVIEW: Dr Dee’s Daughter and The Philosopher’s Stone: Palisander

REVIEW: Dr Dee’s Daughter and The Philosopher’s Stone: Palisander

Palisander attired in courtly Elizabethan angelic gossamer and with hardly a pause to check the music, worked those wondrous recorders of all shapes and sizes in a deft performance, showing us the range of recorder music at its best, while the kids watched the antics of the puppety crows and shadows

OPERA REVIEW: Lulu: ENO

OPERA REVIEW: Lulu: ENO

Considered to be one of the seminal operas of the twentieth century, Berg’s score creates a unique sound world that combines his lyrical gifts with powerful orchestral writing. A gritty exploration of sexual desire, it follows the downfall of the enigmatic Lulu, who shatters the lives of her many lo

REVIEW: THE LILY AND THE ROSE: The Telling

REVIEW: THE LILY AND THE ROSE: The Telling

This concert and The Telling provided us with an illuminating and illuminated evening of evocative and emotionally vibrant music which highlighted not only the colour and sustained purity of their voicesboth solo and wrapped up together in tonal harmonic bliss but also the way in which this music, b

REVIEW: Woodlandia: Patterns

REVIEW: Woodlandia: Patterns

Patterns have transformed themselves into an enchanted forest filled with nostalgic and immersive visual feasts inspired by Britain’s woodlands and outdoors in winter. Inspired by Narnia, brought to life by a multi-level digitally projected and interlinked forest, complete with softly falling snowfl

REVIEW: Medicine and Mortality: Ensemble Molière

REVIEW: Medicine and Mortality: Ensemble Molière

The Ensemble Moliere brought us rather overlooked and sometimes neglected music from the French baroque and presents it with an artistic flair that adds real texture to the enjoyment of the music.

REVIEW: THE ART OF FUGUE: Fretwork

REVIEW: THE ART OF FUGUE: Fretwork

Fretwork were superb and we were instantly plunged into the perfect, sublime brilliance of the music and this elegant consort’s majestic handling of the music of Bach. Fretwork are celebrated for their attitude and poise with Bach and their commitment to presenting the works of the baroque in novel

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