Angela Elizabeth Slater: The Sun Catcher Composed in 2018 for wind quintet, Angela Slater’s The Sun Catcher takes inspiration from the folklore-laden popular garden showpiece. Creating a spectrum of colours, textures and brightness, sun catchers are known for their stories of capturing pieces of the sun and bring the Read more…
Orchestre National de Lille Sheffield International Concert Season Friday 31st January 2020 Sheffield City Hall Programme RAVEL Mother Goose Suite DEBUSSY Images: Ibéria BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 RAVEL La Valse How pertinent it was having the Orchestre National de Lille in the Steel City on the dreaded ‘Brexit Day’. Read more…
Royal Northern Sinfonia: Beethoven 2020 The Royal Northern Sinfonia, in partnership with Middlesbrough Town Hall are celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary. Over a period of 11 months, starting on the 23rd January, the acclaimed orchestra will pay tribute to the composer by performing each of his 9 symphonies over the course Read more…
Opera on Location: La Traviata Waterstones, Orchard Square, Sheffield, August 23rd 2019 Another summer comes round and that means one thing for us opera lovers – Opera on Location offer another unique production of a well-loved opera. After last year’s outstanding production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, the talented Sheffield-based opera Read more…
Benjamin Grosvenor at Music in the Round Friday 18th October, Upper Chapel Sheffield Programme SCHUMANN Blumenstück in D flat Op.19 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana Op.16 JANÁČEK 1.X.1905 From the Street PROKOFIEV Visions Fugitives Op.22 LISZT Réminiscences de Norma de Bellini Grande Fantasie It’s not been long since Benjamin Grosvenor perform in Read more…
Opera on Location: Don Giovanni Review Eagle Works August 2018 Very rarely do I find myself near enough speechless at the end of a concert or production, but Opera on Location‘s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni did just that. From beginning to end I was hooked on this unique production, and the way some Read more…
Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra Immersive Concert Review 09/06/2018 It is often a shame that orchestras work on fantastic programmes of music, yet only perform it out to the public once or maybe twice. The Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) however, have learned a jam-packed programme of Spanish-influenced music and their concert on Read more…
Opera on Location: The Marriage of Figaro Review Victoria Hall, 27/04/18 Opera on Location aims to produce accessible and immersive opera for their audiences, and what better opera to achieve these goals than with Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Teamed up with Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, and under the direction or co-founder of the opera company, Gareth LLoyd, Read more…
My experience of SUJO Sessions SUJO (Sheffield University Jazz Orchestra) kindly invited me along to their most recent monthly jam session. Held at The Gardener’s Rest pub in Kelham Island, Sheffield, this jam session runs every second Saturday of the month. Although I knew a few people in the core Read more…
Dearest classical music fans, welcome to a brand new strand of Classicalexburns! As well as now doing CD reviews, I am also beginning to try some reviews of other events, such as conferences, concerts and music events. To kick things off, I am going to share my experience of playing Read more…