Conductors came and went, while the return of live performances – from the Albert Hall to urban sheds and rustic glades – felt like a gift as never beforeSusannah Clapp’s best theatre of 2021Read the Observer critics’ review of 2021 in full hereWe hope…
The week in classical: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta; La traviata – review
Queen Elizabeth Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonThe singular violin-cello duo turn music into exhilarating conversation. And the father of all Germonts dazzles at Covent GardenSkirts flowing, instruments held aloft, feet jingling in bell slippers, stamp…
Classical home listening: Bruch, Prokofiev and Schumann
The Nash Ensemble are the ideal advocates for Bruch’s chamber music; and violist Timothy Ridout takes on an entire ballet and song cycle• His Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor and the Scottish Fantasy aside, does Max Bruch deserve to be so sorely neglect…