As it’s Holy Week this week, I thought I’d stay away from overtly bouncy things. This final movement of Ravel’s suite Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) shimmers with magic and ecstasy. I love gardens, but I don’t have one myself, so this allows me to imagine a paradise garden, full of roses, graceful trees, quiet ponds and shady corners instead.

Henry Purcell meets Monty Python
Dunelm Consort offer up an irresistable combination of strong musical performances and glorious silliness in an imaginative semi-staging of Henry Purcell’s Dramatick Opera ‘King Arthur’.

