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Reviews
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.
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake – The Next Generation, A New Adventures Production, Birmingham Hippodrome, 06 Feb 2025. On until 15 Feb 2025, then on tour, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray and Paul Gray.
“Matthew Bourne’s groundbreaking take on Swan Lake still dazzles.”
Community by Farrah Chaudhry Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, 3☆☆☆, Review: Joanna Jarvis.
“A warm and witty coming of age story.”
Photo Credit: Graeme Braidwood.
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.
Birdsong adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, until 01 February 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
“A powerful evocation of love, passion and loss.”
Photo credit: Pamela Raith.
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.
Twelfth Night: William ShakespeareRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 2h 55m; one interval, till 18 January 2025,4☆☆☆☆. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Unruly and Sensitive.”
Photo Credit: Helen Murray.
Peter Pan, Birmingham Hippodrome, Monday 23 December 2024 until Sunday 02 February 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A spectacular and hilarious show for all the family.”
Photo Credit: Paul Coltas.
A Christmas Celebration. Southwell Minster. 18 December 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A magical tradition but with plenty of surprises.”
Photo credit: Joe Briggs-Price.
Dina Duisen (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 15 December 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“An entertaining, exhilarating recital from an artist who knows how to make friends with her audience.”
Photo credit: Royal Concert Hall.
Septura. Lakeside, Nottingham. 12 December 2024, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Fine playing but such a big sound needs more space to breathe.”
Photo credit: Jon Enoch.
Kazuki Conducts Bruckner 9. CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Thursday 12 December 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A very well crafted concert contrasting playful Mozart with more sombre Bruckner.”
Carmina Burana. BBC Concert Orchestra. Choirs from Nottingham’s Universities and Southwell Minster. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 04 December 2024, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Plenty of tingle-factor in this fruitful musical collaboration.”
Photo credit: Nottingham Trent University.
Kazuki Conducts Walton & Elgar, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wednesday 04 December 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Contrasting works from two giants of English music.”
Mass in B Minor - Ex Cathedra, Birmingham Town Hall, Sun 01 December 2024, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Reviewer: Paul Gray & Roderick Dungate.
“A triumph of a performance of Bach’s masterpiece.”
Photo Credit: Ex Cathedra