Bachtrack logo

Performer: Simon Bennison

Live EventsSee more...

LondonDisruptors: Tanowitz, Junker, McGregor

Listing filler
Hearne, Frahm, Talbot
Sir Wayne McGregor; The Royal Ballet; Geoffrey Paterson; John Pawson; Harriet Jung; Simon Bennison
Latest reviewsSee more...

Respighi’s Lucrezia compels in Guildhall School’s double bill

Manon Ogwen Parry, Gabriella Giulietta Noble, Marianne Ruel and Hannah McKay (Lucrezia) © David Monteith-Hodge
Pleas for more Respighi operas are answered as the students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama give the UK premiere of Lucrezia, paired with Ethel Smyth's Der Wald.
****1
Read more

Encounters: The Royal Ballet at its versatile best

Liam Boswell in Kyle Abraham's The Weathering © Tristram Kenton
In a quadruple bill of contemporary works, The Royal Ballet's dancers shine in this diverse programme, creating an immersive experience.
****1
Read more

English National Ballet School embraces the unconventional

Clémentine Boullé in the Hebe variation from The Awakening of Flora © ASH
English National Ballet School Professional Trainees show great versatility in their final performance of the year, with a highly entertaining mixed programme.
****1
Read more

The Dante Project: beautiful dancing but hard to discern a narrative

Melissa Hamilton as Satan and William Bracewell as Dante in Wayne McGregor's The Dante Project © Andrej Uspenski
Thomas Adès' score does most of the storytelling in this epic production, though the dancing is superlative.
***11
Read more

The Royal Ballet: Anemoi/The Cellist a well-balanced double bill

Mariko Sasaki and Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød in Valentino Zucchetti's Anemoi © Alice Pennefather
The first revival and first pairing of two award-winning choreographies proves to be a very rewarding double bill. 
****1
Read more

Hearing in colour: Kochanovsky conducts ecstatic Scriabin

Stanislav Kochanovsky © Mark Allan
Multi-sensory music? Scriabin's Prometheus, Poem of Fire tickles the senses in an ecstatic performance under Stanislav Kochanovsky. 
****1
Read more