Nick Kimberley

1 week ago | standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley

Culture | MusicThis plan to follow the life of Mozart through his works is ambitious and soulfulMozartistsNick Kimberley2 minutes agoThe world of classical music moves at its own pace, slow, steady and careful. Most major venues have plans in place for the next several years, and opera houses must plan even further ahead, four or more years into the future.

2 weeks ago | standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley

Culture | MusicThe quartet been playing Beethoven’s quartets for decades – they’ve recorded all 15 of them twice – now, they truly inhabit the workBelcea QuartetNick Kimberley2 minutes agoHow long does it take for the Shock of the New to wear off? A couple of months? A century? How about two hundred years and still counting?

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Nick Kimberley

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3 weeks ago | standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley

Culture | MusicThe Chineke! Orchestra takes on Wynton Masalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale with witty and spiky resultsChineke! OrchestraChuko Cribb Nick Kimberley1 minute agoThe devil, they say, has the best tunes, but if that’s the case, we’re all devil-worshippers. There are many tales of musicians who made a pact with the devil in order to acquire their preternatural talents: Paganini and Robert Johnson come to mind.

1 month ago | standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley

Culture | OperaThis retelling of Wagner’s fourth opera is substantial, even if the staging doesn’t work at pointsPablo Strong Nick Kimberley2 minutes agoAny company planning a Richard Wagner staging would be well advised to proceed with caution; they’re among the biggest challenges in the repertoire. Opera Holland Park has indeed adopted a cautious approach: the company was formed in 1996 but is only now staging its first Wagner opera.