Prom 57, Mass in B Minor, OAE, Butt review – passion and precision
Period accents combine with vocal splendour in Bach's late epic. Classical music review by Boyd Tonkin
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Period accents combine with vocal splendour in Bach's late epic. Classical music review by Boyd Tonkin
Master Handelian directs a marvellously colourful performance with an outstanding cast of singers. Opera/Classical music review by Simon Thompson
The striptease is all Strauss’s in the Bergen Philharmonic’s expertly revealing Salome. Plus, the new-ish Takács Quartet, a theorbo moment and a sock-throwing night at the opera
Pounding dance rhythms from the Bergen players, and an intimate journey from the Renaissance to the Baroque from Edinburgh’s own Dunedin Consort. Reviews by Susan Nickalls and Ken Walton