True Multiculturalism: In touch with Param Vir
We spoke the other day with Indian composer Param Vir, whose recent work, Cave of Luminous Mind, takes the writings...
Autumn 2017 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India
Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Korngold, and Karl Jenkins to be showcased 13th – 28th September, 2017 |...
DAY FIVE MATINEE AT THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL
On Sunday 27th August, there was a concert performance of Donizetti’s bel canto masterpiece – Lucrezia Borgia. With a line-up of some of the best singers in the world, this was a three hour long performance. Victor Hugo’s Lucrèce Borgia,...
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER IN RECITAL
It is not often that Anne-Sophie Mutter appears anywhere in recital. But here she is on my fourth day at...
A SPECTACULAR AIDA FROM THE GROSSES FESTSPIELHAUS
This opera from the late period which includes other masterpieces like Don Carlo and the Requiem Mass represents Verdi at...
BOYD MEETS GIRL – Featuring Laura Metcalf (Cello) and Rupert Boyd (Guitar)
While I am familiar enough with the world of the classical guitar, and have earlier reviewed Mr Rupert Boyd’s previous collection of Fantasias on Serenade, I have heard cello music much less frequently and have never actually come across duets...
DAY TWO LIVE FROM THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL
It is not often that three of the world’s greatest string players come together to make chamber music. On the...
MY FIRST NIGHT AT THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2017
There is an air of extreme anticipation in the buzzing little city of Mozart’s birth, Salzburg. The French president is...