Specs

Here we are at journey's end: the final instalment in Sieben's trilogy of EPs focuses its attention on native soil, after previous e...

As some of you will know, I also occasionally use the blog as a way to share - and 'think aloud' about - my other all-consuming int...

'L'Étoile' ('The Star') is a comic opera by Chabrier, currently enjoying its first ever run at the Royal Opera House. It...

Wigmore Hall is itself on a bit of a quest - to present all of Schubert's songs (note: there are over 600 of them) in a series of some 4...

Although I've been a few times now - especially if you count the concerts given in the church as well as the hall - I still find going t...

Sequels certainly come round more quickly these days. Following my first post of the year covering my recorded highlights from 2015, I'm...

Happy new year to you, and welcome to the Specs 'round-up' of 2015 - part one. This year I thought I'd mix genres (so that peopl...