Classical music + Live music reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
New Year review – Blake’s 7, redemption and rap as Birmingham Opera Company turn to Tippett
4 out of 5 stars.This staging of Michael Tippett’s complex opera, whose story of impoverished 80s Britain takes in sci-fi, street slang and electric guitar, is a remarkable feat.
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4 out of 5 stars.
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno review – imaginative staging transforms Handel’s oratorio
4 out of 5 stars.Its sermonising libretto was never meant to be this much fun, but in Jacopo Spirei’s characterful production, with Christian Curnyn conducting, Hilary Cronin’s delightfully truculent Pleasure emerges as the moral heart of the piece -
4 out of 5 stars.
London Sinfonietta/Paterson review – bespoke instruments and microtones in all-Mexican programme
4 out of 5 stars.The Sinfonietta played three pieces by innovative composer Julián Carrillo, as well as an exhilarating performance of a work by the oft-overlooked Silvestre Revueltas
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3 out of 5 stars.While it might have been cancelled after the premiere in 1840, Christopher Alden’s frenetic staging, an effervescent Philharmonia Orchestra and a fine cast show there’s a decent evening’s entertainment in there
Hebrides Ensemble/Lamprea review – Schoenberg’s Pierrot is pushed to extremes
3 out of 5 stars.