Reviews Archive
Re-wilding the Wasteland, I Fagiolini, Three Choirs Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 24/07/22, 5***** David Gray & Paul Gray
A perfect fusion of exquisite singing and remarkable poetry
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - music byClaude-Michel Schonberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer Birmingham Hippodrome, to 27 August 2022. 5***** David Gray & Paul Gray
A spectacular in every sense of the word
The Cher Show – A New Musical. The Birmingham Hippodrome, 02/08/22 5***** David Gray & Paul Gray
A thoughtful and imaginative telling of a remarkable life with some really great music
Voice – Hildegard Transfigured 28/07/2022 All Saints Church, Hereford; Megaphones for the Unheard 29/07/2022 Hereford Cathedral. Two concerts as part of the Three Choirs Festival, Hereford 2022 – 5***** David Gray and Paul Gray
Voice - Truly Voices of Angels
The Dream of Gerontius, Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral, 30/07/22 5*****. David Gray & Paul Gray
A deeply felt and compelling performance of Elgar’s Masterwork
Transformations, Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral, 29/07/22, 4****, David Gray & Paul Gray
A mixed evening of musical highs and not so highs
Re-wilding the Wasteland, I Fagiolini, Three Choirs Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 24/07/22, 5***** Reviewers – David Gray & Paul Gray
A thoughtful and thought provoking fusion of poetry and music
Dvořák Requiem, Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral, 23/07/22 - 5***** Reviewers - Paul Gray & David Gray
A thrilling start to this year's Three Choirs Festival in Hereford
Nordic Reflections, The Carice Singers, Three Choirs Festival, Hereford Cathedral, 25/07/22, 4**** Reviewers David Gray & Paul Gray
A talented, youthful choir celebrates the unsung glories of the part-song
Re-wilding the Wasteland, I Fagiolini, Three Choirs Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 24/07/22, 5***** Reviewers – David Gray & Paul Gray
A thoughtful and inventive fusion of music and poetry
Fretwork - music by John Jenkins, Matthew Locke & Henry Purcell – Three Choirs Festival, Leominster Priory, 23/07/22: 5***** David Gray & Paul Gray
A perfect summer's day of exquisitely intimate music for viol consort at this year's Three Choirs Festival in Herefordshire
Richard III: William Shakespeare, RSC, RST Stratford Upon Avon, Running Time: 3h 15m, including 20 minute interval Review: Rod Dungate & David Gray, Performance 16 July 2022, AD Performance 5*****
A stripped back, text driven, emotionally rich performance.
Nottingham Chamber Music Festival. July 10-17 2022. Various venues. William Ruff
Nottingham’s chamber music festival is back at full strength and buzzing with new ideas
Simply Schubert - CBSO with Edward Gardner, Birmingham Town Hall, Thursday 14th July 2022 - 4**** Reviewers, David & Paul Gray (picture to follow)
A glorious, balmy summer evening devoted to the uplifting music of Franz Schubert
Stanford's Requiem, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, CBSO & Birmingham University Voices, Saturday 2nd July 2022 - 4****. David & Paul Gray
Stanford's Requiem comes home to Birmingham
Birmingham Symphony Hall: CBSO & CBSO Chorus with Markus Stenz - Mahler Symphony No.2 "Resurrection" - Saturday 25th June 2022. 5***** . Paul Gray
Superb interpretation of Mahler - Markus Stenz is a conductor who understands Mahler's hidden proportions
Playboy of the West Indies - The Musical, The Rep, Birmingham 15 June to 2 July 2022, 3***. David & Paul Gray
A show that needs to make up its mind a bit more about what it is.
Manchester Collective. Lakeside, Nottingham. June 15 2022 (and on tour to Liverpool, London, Manchester and Bristol). 4****. William Ruff
Manchester Collective offers a musical adventure with plenty of surprises along the way
Parsifal (Opera North). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. June 15 2022 (also on tour to Gateshead and Southbank Centre, London). 5*****. William Ruff
Five hours of thrilling intensity and musical beauty from Opera North
The Hallé. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. June 10 2022. 5*****. William Ruff
Plenty of pizzazz and high-octane power to end the 2021/22 Nottingham Classics season