Search

Piano recitals are boring. At least, some are. Charivari peruses concert programmes from another age and finds himself wishing that modern pianists were as willing to entertain

Andrew Parrott on The Taverner Consort at 50: ‘It’s not that I believe in perfection. I think that could be very boring’

Features

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The Taverner Consort, Choir & Players were among the first pioneers in the modern age to perform early music. Its founder Andrew Parrott is still driven by an urge to push boundaries

Orgel Festival Holland 2023 dedicated to ‘European music in times of war and peace’

News

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Contemporary music also features in the festival’s programme, with a concert of arrangements for organ and percussion of pieces by rock musician Frank Zappa

Search Results

International Piano: introducing the June 2023 issue, featuring Saskia Giorgini

Moriz Rosenthal: charmer or charlatan?

Video of the Day: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Reginald Mobley on his new album, 'Because'

HMV returns to Oxford Street

Inon Barnatan records Rachmaninov

Introducing the June 2023 issue of Choir & Organ

Just how boring are modern piano recitals?

Andrew Parrott on The Taverner Consort at 50: ‘It’s not that I believe in perfection. I think that could be very boring’

Orgel Festival Holland 2023 dedicated to ‘European music in times of war and peace’

Filter by

Article Types

Tags

Journals