Peter Collins Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, the Pathetique, is an intense, sombre work which takes the listener on an emotionally charged…
Peter Collins A man walks slowly across the front of the dimly lit stage which is strewn with autumn leaves.…
Peter Collins Almost from the moment Carlo Rizzi walked on stage one sensed that this was going to be an…
Peter Collins There have been some murmurings of discontent about this year’s Proms concerts. The relative scarcity of top European…
Peter Collins This was such a special occasion that I decided to dig out from the back of my wardrobe…
Peter Collins This was the first time I attended a concert at Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall. What a delight. There was…
Peter Collins It was never in doubt that this was going to be a sell-out concert. The “dream team” of…
Peter Collins These are troubling times for those of us who cherish classical music and the choral music tradition in…
Peter Collins “This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way…
Peter Collins Forget about all that pomp and circumstance, it’s the introspective melancholy, the deep sense of loss and longing,…
Peter Collins In a bold and imaginative piece of programming, Czech conductor Tomas Hanus gave us just one work in…
Molly Stubbs “I want a bucket hat,” I told my husband in late October, after seeing the huge sculpture of…
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