Instrument: Percussion

A “Sound Unwrapped” programme, featuring Aurora Orchestra's trimmed line-up of five musicians and one sound engineer on electronics, proves to be an absolute success. 

Enhanced by bells, Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore give a low-key but highly dramatic performance of Rachmaninov’s Vespers in Birmingham Town Hall

Incest, family secrets, murder… this is a fiercely compelling evening of dance, drama and song.

Adam Benzwi conducts a punchy band and a strong theatre cast in the Berliner Ensemble's bold fresh, enjoyable version of Weill and Brecht's classic. 

Costumes play a big part in the production but is her extraordinarily youthful athleticism and her intimate and absorbing performance that are most memorable.

Extending his contract as Chief Conductor, Domingo Hindoyan perform an exuberant concert of Latin American works including a pair of trumpet concertos with Pacho Flores. 

Stravinsky and Bartók rarities were the genesis of a superb concert program in Montreal with Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu.