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Christopher Morley

Conductor Edward Gardner delights in the energy of the CBSO
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Conductor Edward Gardner is looking forward to his stint at Symphony Hall, he tells Christopher Morley
Review: Mark Padmore, Richard Watkins, Julius Drake, at Malvern Theatres
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The programming of Malvern Concert Club鈥檚 latest concert looked eccentric, with Beethoven and Schubert sandwiching two of Britten鈥檚 lesser-known offerings - but it worked brilliantly.
Birmingham Conservatoire celebrates composer Claude Debussy
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A celebration of the French composer kicks-off a run of major festivals.
Review: Eroica Camerata, at St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton
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The bright-eyed, bushy-tailed hopefulness with which amateur orchestras spring up is touching, but not all of them survive beyond the fledgling stage.
Review: Tchaikovsky's First Symphony - CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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The CBSO must be the most-recorded orchestra in the country at the moment, with the microphones out in force again for the Orfeo label to set down the latest instalment in a complete cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies.
Review: Lowbury Trio, at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
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As its final season approaches its close after a proud 60 years, Birmingham Chamber Music Society continues in what has always been its mission: to facilitate small-ensemble music-making in the heart of the city.
Review: Coull string Quartet and Mark Bebbington, at The Artrix, Bromsgrove
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It isn鈥檛 only soccer that鈥檚 allowed to be a game of two halves.
Celebrating Frederick II, a great patron of the arts
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Frederick II, King of Prussia, was much more than a military and political leader, writes Christopher Morley.
Review: CBSO at Symphony Hall
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The applause that greeted Andris Nelsons as he took the CBSO podium on Thursday was even warmer than usual.
Majestic perfection at the Symphony Hall
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The creation of a grand concert hall put Birmingham on the world stage writes Christopher Morley.
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Royal Opera at Symphony Hall
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We all know Wagner鈥檚 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg to be a great celebration of German culture, but what Wednesday鈥檚 concert performance from the Royal Opera brought was an added layer of festivity, launching as it did half a year of events marking the 21st anniversary of Symphony Hall.
Chamber music striking the right chords in the Midlands
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Christopher Morley looks forward to a bumper start to the new season of chamber music.
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Royal Opera, at Birmingham Symphony Hall
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We all know Wagner鈥檚 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg to be a great celebration of German culture, but what Wednesday鈥檚 concert performance from the Royal Opera brought was an added layer of festivity
Wagner's epic Die Meistersinger comes to Birmingham
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Christopher Morley explains why the German composer's Die Meistersinger is one of the greatest operas of all time.
Birmingham Symphony Hall prepares for 21st anniversary celebrations
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Christopher Morley on the season ahead as the Symphony Hall celebrates a milestone.
Classical music review of the year
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Christopher Morley looks back at the highs 鈥 and lows 鈥 of 2011
Review: Beethoven's Choral Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall
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I don鈥檛 have a hot line to Beethoven, but I have the feeling he would have been in two minds about last Friday鈥檚 performance of his Choral Symphony under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Beethoven's 9th - a triumph of deception
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Christopher Morley reflects on how Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiere was a slap in the face for London.
Review: Halesowen Orchestra, at Cornbow Hall, Halesowen
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Founded 25 years ago, the Halesowen Orchestra is a happy orchestra.
Different seasonal offerings for a classical Christmas
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Christopher Morley chooses some less obvious Christmas compositions often overlooked in favour of the 'blockbusters'.
Review: The Orchestra Of St John, at St John's Church, Bromsgrove
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This was the debut concert of a brand-new orchestra formed with the laudable aim of allowing student musicians the opportunity to learn from playing alongside seasoned professionals, and it deserves to do well.
Review: CBSO conducted by Robert Spano, at Symphony Hall
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Taking up the CBSO where Louis Fremaux had left it, Simon Rattle described it as 鈥渢he best French orchestra in the land鈥.
Review: Thomas Trotter/CBSO, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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Poul Ruders鈥 Symphony No.4 proved a winner on so many counts, not least because it made good use of Symphony Hall鈥檚 fabulous organ.
Review: Australian Chamber Orchestra, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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This wonderful concert had more riches than a fat-cat banker鈥檚 bonus.