A Conversation With JOHN WILSON: ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies’
After the John Wilson Orchestra’s stunning 2010 Prom celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein I commented: “It was as close as we could imagine to being guests on the 20th Century Fox soundstage circa.1955…the sound, the style, the…
A Conversation With KERRY ELLIS
At the busy junction between studio sessions for her new album (Brian May in attendance, naturally), an arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, and her first “intimate” cabaret date at the Hippodrome’s new Matcham…
A Conversation With STUART SKELTON
How did a nice Australian boy with a penchant for Rugby and Formula One gain entry into that most exclusive of clubs – the rarefied world of Opera? Stuart Skelton‘s response will only surprise you if you…
A Conversation With ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS
Elin Manahan Thomas‘ lovely voice has graced two of the finest specialist choirs in the world: John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir and Harry Christophers’ The Sixteen. It’s a voice born to embrace the pure and ornate lines…
A Conversation With ALFIE BOE
Alfie Boe – affectionately known as the nation’s favourite tenor – is the latest in a distinguished line of big voices to swagger into the role of Jean Valjean in Boublil and Schönberg’s epic musical Les Misérables.…
A Conversation With STING: Symphonicities
The location is Sting‘s beachside house in Malibu the morning after the night before: another night, another venue – the Hollywood Bowl – another three-hour concert of his songs. That’s concert with a capital “C” because this…
A Conversation With MARK ELDER
The label has always prided itself on its sense of style, its balance of head and heart with regard to casting. Stars have been established from these recordings, operas restored to their rightful place at the core…
A Conversation With JOHN WILSON
John Wilson and the orchestra which bears his name created a absolute sensation at the 2009 Proms with their celebration of 75 years of MGM musicals. 3.5 million people watched the relay live; countless more all over…
A Conversation With JOSHUA BELL
It’s not every day that a superstar of the violin chooses to trade places with an orchestral concert master but Joshua Bell has been doing just that with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for…
A Conversation With ANDREW LITTON: Bergen Philharmonic
Andrew Litton was weaned on music: his parents were passionate music lovers, his godfather, Richard Horowitz, was and still is principal timpanist at the Met. He grew up watching the great and good of opera from the…
