Review: John Collins Organ Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Another exceptional recital from the unique John Collins. We're lucky to have such a scholarly yet consummate recitalist.
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Review: Daria Robertson and Jason Pimblett Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Ten gems delivered by two gem-like musicians.
Review: Sussex Musicians SMC Chapel Royal
Real discoveries and delight here. And all so easily to be heard on the website in a few days.
Review: Emilia Karaliute Kankles Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A hidden gem of a recital and a consummate performer. Emilia Karaliute must return.
Review: Emily Jennings and Cassandra Mathews
Exquisite and again a hidden gem. Back in February, this duo are already gaining an enthusiastic following.
Review: Sussex Musicians SMC Chapel Royal, Brighton
An almost completely baroque evening with a modernist tail!
Review: Jason Ma and Seth Schultheis Cello and Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A recital both unusually exhilarating and wholly satisfying.
Review: Dominic Downs Piano Recital St Nicholas Church
Dominic Downs is entering the 2027 Leeds Piano Competition with luck and here's hoping he'll excel.
Review: Sylvia Akagi and Peter Golden Flute, Guitar and Voice Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A soft September spell.
Review: Berniya Hamie Piano Recital
Hamie's tonal palette is rich beyond her years and her realisation of some of Beethoven's writing is pellucid in a way I've not heard before.
Review: PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement
A fearless, funny, and refreshingly open solo show that turns pelvic floor taboos into comedy, music, and self-acceptance.
Review: Cirque du Piano – 1 Piano, 3 Pianists, 6 Hands, 30 Fingers!
Piano gymnastics from three superb pianists
Review: Agadez and Antonio Forcione: Queendoms Unplugged
New music through the inspiration and creative lens of two outstanding performers.
Review: The Oxford Commas: Aca-demic Weapons
Go spend an afternoon with the Oxford Commas. You will leave knowing more about this venerable part of English history but, more importantly, with a smile on your face and a song in your heart from these enjoyable entertainers.
Review: Pussy Riot: Riot Days
Pussy Riot: Riot Days is highly impactful. It is a must-see for people who care about history, freedom, and human rights. The performers are outstanding actors, vocalists and musicians. It is a completely gripping hour for anyone who wants to be fully immersed in a unforgettable story with very powerful music.
Review: No Strings Attached – An A Cappella Love Story
A charming and engaging a cappella performance by a talented university ensemble
Review: Late Night Lehrer – with Caspar Phillipson
Sit back and enjoy an hour of laughs, insights, fabulous piano playing, biting humour, clever writing, impressive singing, and all-around charm with Danish film and TV star Caspar Phillipson. It is both intellectual and just rousing fun.
Review: Daniel Cainer: Topical
A gentle, companionable hour of music and storytelling that feels like being welcomed into Daniel Cainer’s living-room.
Review: The Other Mozart
The play is a stirring and emotional tribute to Nannerl Mozart. The audience is transported by centuries by a brilliant performer, beautiful music, exquisite staging and costuming, and a compelling recounting of a nearly lost story.
Review: BBC Prom 35 Gubaidulina , Ravel, Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 Royal Albert Hall
An outstanding Prom. Catch in on BBC Sounds.
Review: You’re Not Singing Anymore
A delightful music-based exploration of the songs we sing on the football terraces that hits the back of the net
Review: Jeremy Sassoon’s MOJO (Unplugged)
Jeremy Sassoon is a consummate entertainer. With a complete command of the piano, an affable personality, a comic streak, a solid singing voice, and a talent for telling stories, he fully engages his audience an hour of pure entertainment.
Review: A Journey of Flight
Always-engaging dance that captures nature and travel - never other than refreshing to watch
Review: MASSAOKE: Sing The Musicals
Sing The Musicals is a perfect prescription for whatever ails you, whether it is the problems of the world or just sore feet from walking around Edinburgh. Just sit back and take in the warmth in the joy of the communal singing as the very talented cast takes you away to a happy place.
Review: Because You Never Asked
Fascinating and provocative physical movement, memory and a hidden past.
Review: Trio Cavatina, St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A refreshing recital, full of slant sun in uncertain weather.
Review: Rock Hard – A Theatrical A Cappella Adventure
Rock Hard is true artistic fusion of dance, acrobatics, storytelling, a cappella singing, and sound effects.
Review: The Billy Joel Story
Fringe audiences will be singing at the top of their lungs as Alex Munro and his powerhouse band brilliantly perform the all-time favourite hits of the man that Munro calls “the best songwriter that ever breathed oxygen”.
Review: Two Hearts: Don’t Stop Throbbing
The husband and wife pair bring their sharp, observational-comedy songs back to Pleasance Two for a show guaranteed to make you laugh until it hurts.
Review: John Joubert Jane Eyre, Grimeborn Opera
A gripping romantic opera premiere emerging right out of Dalston. Arcola’s Grimeborn have scored another first with a future.
Review: Strings, Steps, and Soul: Flamencodanza Shines
Flamencodanza Bridge Tradition and Modernity in an Intimate Performance
Review: Paul Williams: Don’t Look at Me
Williams creates the intimacy required for exceptional comedy, a challenge given Roxy Upstairs’ leaning toward conventional plays and musicals.
Review: Paul Gregory Guitar Recital, St Nicholas Church, Brighton
An exhilarating recital, a true gem and above all tribute to the much-missed Richard Bowen.
Review: Mercedes Gancedo and Quimey Urquiaga Soprano and Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A treasurable gem of a recital. But remember you can catch them on Friday at St Luke’s Brighton. Do go.
Review: Ivan Hovorun Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
An exceptionally musical as well as virtuosic climax to a recital alerting is to another world-class pianist.
Review: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Candelight Sussex String Quartet
Come for the music, if you can afford the ticket. That, and the context framing it will leave you so much richer, despite the weight of your pocket.
Review: Emily Jennings and Cassandra Mathews Song and Guitar Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Outstanding. And again at such short notice. Quite the most exhilarating song recital in months.
Review: Kwanita Lau and Charles Tam Violin/Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Outstanding. And at such short notice
Review: Regent Wind Quintet Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
An outstanding debut in Brighton for an ensemble already invited to return.
Review: Beth Levin MOOT Concert Unitarian Brighton
A stunning concert. Beth Levin is a discovered master.
Review: Miaoyan Li Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Exhilarating. On this showing Miaoyan Li promises hugely.
Review: Yoko Ono Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Yoko Ono is a hidden gem of south-coast pianism.
Review: Siriol Hugh-Jones and Stephen Carroll-Turner Recital St Nicholas Church
First class performances, idiomatic and immensely satisfying.
Review: John Collins Organ Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Again an unique presentation of lesser-known organ music.
Review: Kenny Fu Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton April 30th 2025
Superb, something of world class Chopin here.
Review: Eugenia and Quentin Russell Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Niche but nicely judged and worth 53 minutes of a lunchtime away from the burly world
Review: Louis Viktor Bak Piano Recital St Nicholas, Brighton
As the final pages romp home we feel secure in the hands of a young master pianist with enormous surging power in his precision, and limitless depth of tome and interpretive fathom.
Review: Jersey the Devil
Provocative music presented live and through video which challenges our voyeurism.
Review: Anna Brikciusova Solo Cello Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
One of the most musicianly traversals of cello writing I've heard in a while.
Review: Pam Cragg and Maggie Grimsdell Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
What a difference this recital makes. It would be very good indeed to see this duo here again.
Review: Sussex Musicians SMC Chapel Royal March 8th 2025
Teeming variety and accomplishment. A superb evening.
Review: Ronojit Bhuyan Piano Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
A superbly probing recital. Bhuyan has immense promise. Very highly recommended.
Review: Sussex Musicians Club SMC Chapel Royal
A very brief night, lasting under 40 minutes, but an invigorating snapshot of tomorrow’s musicians
Review: James Pusey and Marc Clayton Sitar/Tabla Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
The brevity of this review, which can’t translate the subtle shifts of Indian classical music in the way classical music is transmitted, certainly doesn’t reflect its quality. Highly recommended.
Review: St Nicholas Yohei Nakajima, Miho Sanou Viola/Piano Recital
A terrific, indeed unique opener to 2025 concerts here.
Review: Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal
To cap it all members gave an impromptu carol service too: flashcarol. Fine and rather affecting.
Review: Sussex Musicians Club Chapel Royal
A revelatory concert of wind players, fine Beethoven and Bach too.
Review: John Collins Organ Recital St Nicholas Church, Brighton
Another Collins gem. And so much more music, and composers of whom we've never heard. We are luckier than we can realise.
Review: Berniya Hamie Piano Recital St Nicholas Church
We will be hearing much more of Berniya Hamie in future
Review: Sussex Musicians Club
This is special, commemorating the life of pianist, choral conductor educator and above all musician Muriel Hart (1924-2023).
Review: Evelyn Harrison and Zhanna Kemp-Dashkovskya St Nicholas Church Recital
Evelyn Harrison is a remarkable and underusing artist with a very time that never falters; and Zhanna Kemp-Dashkovskya a loyal and gifted accompanist often seen on the Brighton circuit.
Review: St Nicholas Ellie Blackshaw Solo Violin Recital
Ellie Blackshaw’s a vital, rapt performer and composer on the Brighton and south east scene.
