Robert Beale
Classical Music Writer at The Arts Desk
Classical Music Writer at Freelance
Classical Music Writer at Theatre Reviews North
Classical music writer @theartsdesk, @TRNreviews, https://t.co/OYuetTTrNW https://t.co/aRVLgDYJVU - my views.
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1 week ago |
theatrereviewsnorth.com | Robert Beale
Benji ReidThe Production FamilyAviva Studios, Manchester25-30 May, 2025: 2 hours 40 minutesThey say one picture is worth a thousand words: with Benji Reid, self-avowed “choreo-photolist”, you get a lot of words as well as the pictures. Find Your Eyes was one of the hits of the Manchester International Festival of 2023 and has since been performed around the world. Now it’s back on home turf, and though I didn’t see it first time round, it seems it’s essentially the same show.
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2 weeks ago |
theartsdesk.com | Robert Beale
Manchester Camerata spent eight years performing and recording a complete edition of Mozart’s piano concertos with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet as soloist, together with conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, and inevitably there was the question: what next? Their next step has been the four horn concertos, and their soloist is the enthusiastic and polished Martin Owen.
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3 weeks ago |
theartsdesk.com | Robert Beale
Huw Watkins’ Concerto for Orchestra, the fourth new work of his to be commissioned and premiered by the Hallé and Sir Mark Elder, is another beautifully crafted and highly appealing construction. It’s also intriguing in its game-playing with genre, in almost a mirror image of the way his First Symphony was back in 2017.
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4 weeks ago |
theatrereviewsnorth.com | Robert Beale
Gilbert & SullivanOpera Della LunaLowry, Salford8 - 10 May, 2025: 2 hours 45 minutesI liked this version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s poke at Victorian fascination with the Far East when it was new 20-plus years ago; I liked it when it came round again in 2014 – and I’ve enjoyed it on its return to Salford’s Lowry as part of Opera della Luna’s 30th anniversary.
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1 month ago |
theatrereviewsnorth.com | Robert Beale
Arthur MillerTrafalgar Theatre Productions and Raw MaterialLowry, Salford29 April - 3 May, 2025: 2 hours 45 minutesArthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman remains a great and moving play, a tragedy of mid-20th century America, and the title role of Willy Loman is one of the great roles for a male actor in his maturity. This production, originating at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow and now at the close of a tour, puzzles as much as it moves.
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