Live performance is in mortal peril. Now is the time to shout.

By David Karlin, 02 July 2020

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“There’s no sense of a timeline and no guidance. It's gone all quiet.”

Bachtrack, 16th March

How to defamiliarize Mozart’s well known piano concertos? This April pianist Cristian Sandrin joins the London Mozart Players for new chamber arrangements of three concertos, for solo piano and string quartet.

Emotional rollercoaster: Oli Janes on Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra

Bachtrack, 11th March

Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra performs in April.

A walk through King’s Cross via Kings Place

Peter Quantrill, 20th October

Kings Place, of the most successful new additions to the London music scene, sits in a rapidly changing King’s Cross – an intersection of new architecture, culture and heritage.

Sunshine and vitamins: Mozart’s Violin Concerto no. 5

Bachtrack, 10th October

The City of Birmingham Symphony’s leader talks about leading Mozart’s last Violin Concerto – a work full of sunshine, clarity and transparency.

Kazuki Yamada appointed chief at Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Bachtrack, 29th April

The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.

RPS Awards announce winners for 2025

Bachtrack, 7th March

Kazuki Yamada, Claire Booth and the Paraorchestra were among the winners announced on Thursday, which also honoured contemporary music record label NMC and Belfast’s Open Arts Community Choir.

David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.