Sebastian Scotney

Articles By Sebastian Scotney

Pat Metheny & Side-Eye, Eventim Apollo review - energy and melodic clarity Monday, 13 June 2022 Read more...	Between Two Worlds review - Juliette Binoche, maid in France Friday, 27 May 2022 Read more...
Wigmore Soloists, Wigmore Hall review - superb Janáček Wednesday, 25 May 2022 Read more...	Alyn Shipton: On Jazz - A Personal Journey - digging jazz deeply and musically Monday, 23 May 2022 Read more...
Blu-ray: Round Midnight Tuesday, 10 May 2022 Read more...	Album: Ches Smith - Interpret It Well Wednesday, 27 April 2022 Read more...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent review - a very funny meta-comedy Friday, 22 April 2022 Read more...	Sounds of Estonia, Kings Place review - one of the world's great choirs on spellbinding form Monday, 28 March 2022 Read more...
Great Freedom review - love behind bars in Germany Saturday, 12 March 2022 Read more...	The Duke review - a new feelgood classic Saturday, 26 February 2022 Read more...
Gidon Kremer 75th Birthday Concert, Wigmore Hall review - poignant moments focused on Ukraine Monday, 21 February 2022 Read more...	Blu-ray: In the Realm of the Senses Tuesday, 15 February 2022 Read more...
Album: Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren – Vermillion Monday, 14 February 2022 Read more...	Album: Fiona Monbet – Maelström Monday, 24 January 2022 Read more...
Sandrine Piau, David Kadouch, Wigmore Hall review - the joy is in the detail Tuesday, 18 January 2022 Read more...	Albums of the Year 2021: Céu - Acústico Wednesday, 29 December 2021 Read more...

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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke

Poor, slightly silly Semele fries at the sight of lover Jupiter casting off his mortal form, but in Congreve’s and Handel’s supposedly happy...

Sudan, Remember Us review - the revolution will be memorised

In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...

Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...

The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...

Summer Laugh review - five comics gear up for the Fringe

Appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been an expensive gig for comics. But while stand-ups may need only a microphone to ply...

Album: Brìghde Chaimbeul - Sunwise

The first five-and-a-half minutes of Sunwise’s opening track “Dùsgadh / Waking" are taken up by a drone. Played on the Scottish small...

Music Reissues Weekly: Rupert’s People - Dream In My Mind

Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” was an instant phenomenon. Recorded in April 1967 and issued as a single on 12 May after pre-release play...

Intimate Apparel, Donmar Warehouse review - stirring story o...

The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the...