4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (386+ words) Glasgow Royal Concert Hall One of the most inventive creations during the Covid pandemic was VOPERA's online production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortileges with players from the London Phil and a cast that included Karen Cargill as "Maman' (review:…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (250+ words) We had Shakespeare " words from The Merchant of Venice " illuminated by Vaughan Williams in his moonlit Serenade to Music, its melting harmonies and liquid melodies gorgeously woven under Manze's baton-less gesturing. The SCO and its mid-scale Chorus responded with sumptuous…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (348+ words) If few complain that Beethoven wrote only one opera, Debussy's singular contribution to the canon is a frustration. Pelleas et Melisande may be a musical masterpiece, but by way of comparison it would have been good if the composer had…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (486+ words) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine'VoxCarnyx National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Was there a single soul in Saturday's packed Perth Concert Hall who did not feel an anticipatory sense of goodwill and encouragement towards the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine? Cut…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (532+ words) Hebrides: Music for Time'VoxCarnyx Hebrides: Music for Time All credit to British composer Arthur Keegan, not least for accepting an Olympian challenge to conceive a partner piece to Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. The latter, as iconic…...