All the dates for this summer’s Lanchester Early Music Festival are now listed on the events guide: http://www.musicdurham.co.uk/events/tag/lemf
There are five concerts, mostly of eighteenth-century chamber music, with C.P.E. Bach, whose tercentenary falls this year, featuring heavily in the programming.
Somehow, this was actually my first live Messiah since lockdown. Dunelm Consort and Players made it worth the wait in an evening pulsating with energy and joy.
A tightly constructed programme of music by Graźyna Bacewicz. Paul HIndemith and Dmitri Shostokovich reflects both the musical and political moods of the 1930s and 40s.
Guest reviewer Zoe Solomon enjoys playful charm and contemplative moments in Royal Northern Sinfonia’s chamber concert at MUSICON
