Reviews and Best Of

1+ day ago   (392+ words) Courtney Gould leavens nerve-jangling suspense and ever-building terror with compelling depictions of familial affection, deep friendships and emotional reckonings in Until the Last Light Goes Out. Until the Last Light Goes Out In 2001, the senior class of Miami’s Ripley Memorial…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (306+ words) The second concert of the season for Nadsa takes place at Newton Abbot’s Courtenay Centre on October 25 with a welcome return for pianist Daniele Rinaldo. He previously wowed the audience in the way he ‘breathed life into his repertoire’ back…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (445+ words) SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, THEATRE, BROADCASTS AND FILMS Seen and Heard International Grażyna Bacewicz – Overture (1943) Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 Vaughan Williams – Symphony No.5 in D major Sarah Bardwell, Managing Director of the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (284+ words) While some period instrument ensembles adopt a weightier, more homogeneous string sound for late Classical and Romantic music, the AAM Berlin continues to play with lean, silvery strings (7/7/4/4/3) that resolutely avoid vibrato. With its fruity and characterful woodwinds, the sound…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds. Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (300+ words) The maestro, who turned 90 on April 29, returns to the Belgrade Philharmonic, and sources disagree on when it all began and how many meetings this makes. The concert is part of his birthday celebration, which began in Mumbai, Mehta’s hometown, where…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (148+ words) Spoiler: Amanda Forsythe is amazing. Why is she not performing more in more places outside of the US? New reviews and pieces from the blog, sent when they’re published. No schedule, no filler. Tenebrae began with no plan, no name…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (236+ words) The Music Guild at St. Matthew's opens its 42nd concert season Friday, Oct. 2, with a program of Handel, Respighi and Mozart, led by Music Director and Conductor Dwayne S. Milburn. The 8 p.m. concert at St. Matthew's Church, 1031 Bienveneda Ave., features the Chamber Orchestra…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (193+ words) Symphonic sounds of Eller, Dvořák, and Sibelius come to Cowichan stage Chemainus Valley Courier Symphonic sounds of Eller, Dvořák, and Sibelius come to Cowichan stage Published 11:30 am Thursday, September 24, 2026 “Music begins where the possibilities of language end,” —Jean Sibelius The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) Thursday, 24th September — By Michael White Nwando Ebizie’s Ecstasy of the Virtues is at Stone Nest [Claire shovelton] Staged by Mahogany Opera, it runs Sept 25-29. And Stone Nest should be a perfect venue in that it’s not only a former nightclub…...