2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (283+ words) Deb joined Bachtrack in 2022 and commissions reviews and writing on ballet and dance. She was Royal Ballet School-trained and is a former principal dancer for companies including London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and Bayerisches Staatsballett. She has been…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (295+ words) Deb joined Bachtrack in 2022 and commissions reviews and writing on ballet and dance. She was Royal Ballet School-trained and is a former principal dancer for companies including London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet) and Bayerisches Staatsballett. She has been…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago  (129+ words) In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton's First Symphony, proving that "difficult' music can offer an evening's most profound human connection. The CBSO's Birmingham's Town Hall matinee sets forth a curious mix of Baroque,…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (145+ words) Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's…...

14+ hour, 17+ min ago  (453+ words) An idea naturally arises " why not start their own orchestra? They are all skilled musicians, and among them is Tom's Grau, a freshly graduated conductor who has just come back from a cycle of masterclasses in Vienna. It doesn't take…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (636+ words) Completed in 1943, B'la Bart'k's Concerto for Orchestra is a thrilling piece full of contrasting moods and emotions. But performing it is a big undertaking for any orchestra. We talk to Oli Janes, clarinettist with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (109+ words) A Tudor gem and magnificent beasts: New York Theatre Ballet forges on'bachtrack.com A Tudor gem and magnificent beasts: New York Theatre Ballet forges on Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (259+ words) A music graduate, Glyn worked as a journalist at the BBC and for national and regional newspapers. He latterly worked a university lecturer, specialising in music and cultural journalism. He writes for Classical Music and has contributed to a range…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (108+ words) Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul'Bachtrack Warmth as consequence: Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Seoul Wolfe's climate-change oratorio, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, already feels out of date. SangKwon…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (74+ words) Among the stars, with shadows: Rameau's Castor et Pollux in Geneva'Bachtrack Among the stars, with shadows: Rameau's Castor et Pollux in Geneva Calixto Bieitos Inszenierung von 2014 geht auch bei der Genfer Wiederaufnahme durch Mark und Bein. Au'rin" Stundyt" gestaltet die…...