Efterklang/Northern Sinfonia, Usher Hall, Edinburgh Malcolm Jack, The Scotsman ***** “THIS one always promised to be special and didn’t disappoint….. Bringing not jus...
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Wagner’s most famous music brings his monumental drama to life as the king of the gods tries to undo the curse of the ring: the second part of ‘Der Ring des Nibelun...
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The Independent Thursday 29 March 2012by Jonathan Brown “What will the future of music education in England look like? Anyone seeking an answer should perhaps journey down ...
Read the full post CommentsWith a Jack Bruce collaboration already in the bag at this year’s Celtic Connections, folk trio Lau upped their own experimental game with the Scottish premiere of Strang...
Read the full post CommentsDebbie Harry, the Jazz Passengers and Northern Sinfonia Alfred Hickling, The Guardian*** Debbie Harry is best known as the face of Blondie. She’s slightly less well-known...
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Northern Sinfonia at The Sage Gateshead Alfred Hickling, The Guardian*** The Swiss conductor Mario Venzago has described the Northern Sinfonia as “a very tough little big...
Read the full post CommentsSoweto Kinch Quartet, and Joe Lovano Paul Lorraine, The Journal FEARLESS, charismatic and intelligent, the Soweto Kinch Quartet don’t do ‘background jazz’. Appearing in t...
Read the full post CommentsChildren sample Gateshead’s Jazz Festival Linda Richards, Evening Chronicle CHILDREN got in on the act when jazz came to Tyneside at the weekend. Members of the Early Yea...
Read the full post CommentsAbdullah Ibrahim and Gerry Richardson’s Big Idea – Gateshead International Jazz Festival Phil Johnson, The Independent on Sunday When the pianist and composer Abdullah ...
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