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Reviews
The Hallé. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 22 March 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“A brilliant Nottingham debut for conductor Kahchun Wong.”
Photo Credit: Angie Kremer.
Manchester Collective. Lakeside, Nottingham, 19 March 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Exhilarating, cutting-edge music-making.”
Photo Credit: Nabihah Iqbal
The Washing Line, Rayne Theatre at Chickenshed, 290 Chase Side, London, until 5th April 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Mary-Ellen Dyson.
“As profoundly disturbing as it intends to be.”
Photo credit: Steve Gregson.
Apollo’s Cabinet. Lakeside, Nottingham. 13 March 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“An evening of musical delights from the court of King Frederick the Great.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside
Punk Off – The Sounds of Punk and New Wave. The Dominion Theatre, 268 Tottenham Court Road, London W1. 09 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A Remembrance Sunday.”
Photo Credit: Punk Off.
Sinfonia Viva. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 07 March 2025, 4✩✩✩✩, Review: William Ruff.
“Fine playing, insightful conducting and some unusual repertoire.”
Photo Credit: Royal Concert Hall
Ida Pelliccioli (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 02 March 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A recital where planning was as illuminating as execution.”
Photo Credit: Nick Guttridge.
Orsino Ensemble. Lakeside, Nottingham. 27 February 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Individual virtuosity and perfectly blended ensemble.”
Photo Credit: Matthew Johnson.
Discovering Bliss. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 26 February 2025. 4✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“An expedition to discover Bliss – but it was easy to get lost on the way.”
Photo of Sit Arthur Bliss by Frank Woods.
Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet Symphonia, Birmingham Hippodrome, 19 February 2025. Then on tour, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A triumphant revival of a lavish production.”
Photo Credit: Roy Smiljanic.
Chansons d’amour, Ex Cathedra Scholars Ensemble, Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 12 Feb, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A varied selection of music drawn from the renaissance through to the modern day.”
Prague Symphony Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 11 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Vivid orchestral story-telling and astonishing piano fireworks.”
Photo Credit: Anders Brogaard.
Siqian Li (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 09 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“An hour of musical surprises and hand-blurring virtuosity.”
Photo Credit: Matthew Johnson.
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Friday 07 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Excellent playing from the Prague ensemble.”
Photo Credit: Anders Brogaard.
Alina Abragimova (violin) and Steven Osborne (piano). Lakeside, Nottingham. 06 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Virtuosity married to deep musical insight.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside.
Lászlo Rózsa, John Butt and Jonathan Manson. Lakeside, Nottingham, 30 January 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“An ear-opening concert that turned expectations upside down.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside.
London Philharmonic Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 28 January 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Outstanding music-making from orchestra, conductor and soloist.”
Photo Credit: Andrej Grilc.
Ethan Loch (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 26 January 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff
“Revelatory playing from the extraordinary Ethan Loch.”
Photo Credit: BBC.
Sinfonia Viva. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 19 January 2025, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Sinfonia Viva dispel winter gloom with Eastern European elegance.”
Photo of Sophie Rosa by Sebastian Siwko.
The National Youth Orchestra. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 06 January 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“The NYO proves once again that our musical future is in very good hands.”
Photo Credit: National Youth Orchestra.