sun 28/04/2024

Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

Concerto 1700, L’Apothéose, St John's Smith Square review - rare Spanish treasures

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Bell, Dreisig, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - royal rifts, and uplifting Mahler

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Arminio, Royal Opera review - Handel does Homeland, and it works

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Yang, BBCSO, Oramo, Barbican review - roots and refinement

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The Damnation of Faust, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the devil's in the detail

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Dunedin Consort, Butt, Wigmore Hall review - Christmas glory in Venice and Dresden

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Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 1-3 & 6), Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony, Layton, Barbican review - glorious riposte to Arts Council axe

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Batiashvili, Philharmonia, Shani, RFH review - Nordic mystery, Alpine tragedy

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A Child of Our Time, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the spirit still moves

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Kristian Bezuidenhout, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Wigmore Hall review - fires of London

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Roderick Williams, Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall review - sunshine and serenity

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Ott, LSO, Stutzmann, Barbican review - highways to hell (and back)

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Tamerlano, English Touring Opera review - the darker side of Handel

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Mulroy, Aurora Orchestra, Kings Place review - old and new worlds of song

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Ax, LPO, Canellakis, RFH review - from the soil to the stars

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Prom 64, Beethoven's Last Three Piano Sonatas, Schiff review - morning glory

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