Feuertrunken – A weekend of Beethoven
Five orchestras, five concerts, one hall and nine symphonies as I spend a heroic weekend having my soul reforged in Beethoven’s life-giving fires.
26 Feb 2020
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Five orchestras, five concerts, one hall and nine symphonies as I spend a heroic weekend having my soul reforged in Beethoven’s life-giving fires.
EXAUDI, directed by James Weeks, probe the brutal extremities of Gesualdo’s passions, along with music by Christopher Fox and Patrick Hegarty.
Barefoot Opera come to Ushaw for a weekend putting on Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas from scratch. Apply before 1st January for solo or chorus auditions.
Durham University Choral Society with soloist Phil Normand sing Vaughan Williams and Stanford and rise to the challenge of Parry’s ‘Songs of farewell’.
Discover the astonishing power of opera this autumn with English Touring Opera’s productions at the Gala Theatre.
Two symphony orchestra concerts coming up in Durham this autumn are a great place to start exploring classical music.
This new recording by Aleksander Szram is a fantastic introduction to the music of County Durham composer Janet Graham.
The Pont Neuf becomes a musical thoroughfare, conveying the gossip and politics of 17th century Paris in this absorbing performance by Badinage.
DUOS ended their year with an impressive journey through contrasting symphonies by Saint-Saëns, Prokofiev and ending with a thrilling Mahler 5.