Mike Wheeler

The National Youth Orchestra was back in Nottingham to dispense its annual new-year tonic - Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, UK, 6 January 2026. As the players began assembling, we slowly became aware that, at the side of the stage, a few, including a pian... See more

The Sitwell Singers, with conductor Dexter Drown, maintained their track-record of inventively-programmed Christmas concerts with this year's offering, for which they were joined by harpist Rowena Bass in Britten's A Ceremony of Carols and John Rutter's A... See more

Sarah Beth Briggs' contribution to the Sunday morning piano series at Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall - Nottingham, UK, 14 December 2025 - had just enough of a Christmas flavour to make the point without overdoing it. Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in C, K 5... See more

Derby Concert Orchestra and conductor Jack Capstaff had an enterprising choice of programme for their Christmas concert - Derby Cathedral, Derby, UK, 6 December 2025. The fanfare with which Dukas prefaced his ballet score La Péri may not have been an obvi... See more

Two years after their previous visit, one of the UK's leading chamber choirs, Tenebrae, and director Nigel Short, made an eagerly-awaited return to the Royal Concert Hall - Nottingham, UK, 1 December 2025. After processing on to the stage singing the plai... See more