Reviews of Prog Rock, Classical Music, Art Rock and Jazz
Sunday 8 March 2026 Royal Festival Hall, London ***** A dramatic and deeply devotional performance, part concert, part religious ritual The Bach Choir, London Youth Choir, Florilegium and conductor David Hill © Michael Whitefoot The Bach Choir's 150th Anniversary season, which opened last October with a superb performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, was marked on Sunday with Bach's St Matthew …
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Garsington Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, London Tuesday 10 September 2024 ***** A dream cast and orchestra bring comedy, conflict and magic to Britten's Dream Benjamin Britten's work is often performed at the Proms - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has been performed 44 times, there have been 31 performances of Four …
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