Reside critiques
⚫ Effective-grained tone & classical type: Kyan Quartet in Beethoven, Schumann & Caroline Shaw at Conway Corridor’s Sunday Live performance Sequence
⚫ Love Strains: deep feelings & island soundscapes in London Sinfonietta’s programme of latest Scottish music at Kings Place
⚫ Partaking zest: Mike Leigh’s manufacturing of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance returns to ENO with a solid mixing innocence & expertise
⚫ A memorable & touching portrait of an oft-misunderstood composer: phrases & music by Gustav Holst on the London Track Competition
⚫ A night of compelling & involving theatre: Britten, Weill, Ravel triple invoice at Royal Faculty of Music
⚫ Melodies with out Borders: two Turkish musicians mixing lyric melancholy with nineteenth century bravura
⚫ Letter from Florida: The Music of Giuseppe Verdi at Sarasota Opera
Report critiques
⚫ Mad, magical and mesmerising: Tom Coult’s Items that Disappear, his debut disc from NMC Data
⚫ English lyricism & dramatic energy: the numerous songs of Thomas Pitfield from James Gilchrist & Nathan Williamson
⚫ A way of place, engagement & sheer enjoyment: In Copisteria del Conte exploring late 18th century chamber music from Genoa
⚫ Sight & sound: Holst’s The Planets fantastically reimagined for the Father Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral by John Challenger with a mesmerising movie
⚫ By some unusual piece of magic, it really works: Dancing Queen from Asya Fateyeva & Lautten Compagney Berlin mixes Rameau with the songs of ABBA
⚫ A vibrant starting: Three Sonatas reveals the distinctive voice of younger composer Sam Rudd-Jones in a disc of chamber music that intrigues
