GRAMOPHONE Review: Flowers For Mrs Harris – Chichester Festival Theatre Cast Recording
This gorgeous piece by Richard Taylor (music and lyrics) and Rachel Wagstaff (book) is a great example of how the musical has evolved in recent years and how much the worlds of opera and musicals can impact…
GRAMOPHONE: From Where I Sit – March 2021
A recent conversation with Vasily Petrenko once again brought home to me just how much at odds our impressions of Russian music can be when shared with those closer to its source. We were discussing his recent…
STAGE AND SCREEN: Legends – Liza Minnelli
Oscar winning Hollywood and Broadway star Liza Minnelli talks to Edward Seckerson about her showbiz career. Featuring plenty of songs in full in this special recording as Liza talks in detail about her parts in Flora the…
GRAMOPHONE Review: English Music For Strings – Sinfonia of London/John Wilson
John Wilson’s reverence for Sir John Barbirolli’s iconic disc of English String Music with the now reborn Sinfonia of London is no great secret. In reclaiming the name and the ethos of the orchestra he could be…
GRAMOPHONE Review: Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1 / Symphonic Dances – Philadelphia Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin
There can be no underestimating the extraordinary legacy surrounding Rachmaninov and Philadelphia. That he composed the Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances with the city’s great orchestra in mind is testament to how their sound intoxicated him. The…
GRAMOPHONE: From Where I Sit – February 2021
When it was first proposed that we might expand the Music Theatre content in Gramophone to include musicals and other less easily definable forms of music drama the question arose as to where they should be placed…
A Night in with NICOLA BENEDETTI
Fane Online presents A Night in with Nicola Benedetti in conversation with Edward Seckerson. The event will initially be broadcast on 28 March 2021. It will be available to view up to a week after the event has ended.…
COMPARING NOTES: Oliver Savile in conversation
West End leading man Oliver Savile discusses his starring roles in Wicked and Falsettos, dyslexia, gardening and working with Sting on The Last Ship in Canada and the US with Edward Seckerson.… [Read More]
CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE at Home: FACING THE MUSIC
A MUSICAL SPRING IS COMING! Chichester Festival Theatre is delighted to announce that this Spring will be one of music, memories and fascinating stories as we launch a new digital series of our popular Facing The Music interviews.…
GRAMOPHONE Review: Sondheim – Anyone Can Whistle (Studio Cast Recording): Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie, National Symphony Orchestra/Edwards
I smell a collector’s item. This cracking recording of Stephen’s Sondheim’s second Broadway show as composer/lyricist, Anyone Can Whistle – complete down to every last dance break and entrance and exit cues – was recorded at Abbey…
