Neue Kritikenmehr...
Troubled dreams from David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan
David Le Page's The Interpretation of Dreams did not, sadly, live up to the trailer.
Helping put Salieri back on the map
The Orchestra of the Swan and David Curtis are on a mission to rescue the reputation of Mozart's alleged rival and tormentor.
Dramatic Shostakovich and tender Tchaikovsky
Being the resident band in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan is having a busy time of it right now, in the lead-up to Shakespeare400.
Raphael Wallfisch: the Czech connection
Two individually strong musical components met in this Czech field trip, but will they connect to form something new?
The silver chain of sound with Orchestra of the Swan and Tamsin Waley-Cohen
David Curtis displayed his usual deceptively effortless ease on the podium. Perhaps this felt like a handy warm-up for the marathon that he would run, hard on the heels of this concert, in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Orchestra of the Swan’s home territory.
A window on the Three Choirs Festival: Debussy, Tabakova and Fauré
After weeks of foul weather, this was more like it. Proper sunshine for a summer festival. Around Hereford Cathedral, watched over by a statue of Elgar draped in a fresh laurel wreath, Three Choirs Festival-goers enjoyed the warmth before venturing inside for equally sunny music. Even the yellow flowers framing the stage carried through the theme, setting off the golden centre-stage harp.