Sheffield Chamber Music Festival Tim Hochstrasser 26/05/2026“If you bake a cake, you don’t want to stuff your face with the whole lot, you want to share...
Purcell, The Musical Tim Hochstrasser 24/05/2026Barnes Green on a lovely Spring evening is a fine setting for an evening of Purcell. This week at the...
Dido & Aeneas Tim Hochstrasser 23/05/2026In his excellent programme note Michael Burden points out that we know very little about the origins and performance circumstances...
Jack & Sarah Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that not all successful films need to be made into plays,...
Walking Each Other Home Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026It is a while since I was reviewing at the Old Red Lion, and it was good to be back...
Firewing Tim Hochstrasser 28/04/2026This is David Pearson’s first play, and an accomplished piece of work. He has a natural ear for dialogue, with...
Ifigenia in Tauride Tim Hochstrasser 27/04/2026This new recording from Les Talens Lyriques and Christoph Rousset, recorded last year at the Festwochen der Alten Musik in...
Two Halves of Guinness Tim Hochstrasser 23/04/2026This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
Wexford Festival Opera 2026 – A Preview Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026This year is the 75th anniversary of Wexford Festival Opera. Â It will run for just over a fortnight, from Thursday,...
Twice A Kiss Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026Outside Cambridge, where he was a leading figure in the musical firmament for some thirty years, the name of Peter...
