A Russian-themed programme by Frome Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mark Gateshill, features Shostakovich’s exhilarating Festive Overture and Prokofiev’s powerful 5th Symphony, a wartime masterpiece blending grandeur. Arabella Thornton, a talented local young violinist, is the soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, a piece rich in elegance and virtuosity.
Rokia Koné, one of Mali’s most beloved artists and a member of supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique, puts her soaring, griot-infused vocals to Malian guitar and a West African percussive pulse. It’s the sound of an emerging legend replenishing her roots. The concert opens with master Moroccan gnawa musician Mohamed Errebbaa’s captivating trance vocals and guembri […]
Mells Summer Opera is delighted to return as part of this year's Frome Festival in the beautiful venue of St Andrew's Church, Mells to perform one of the baroque era's most wonderful works: Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Described by Samuel Pepys as 'the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life', […]
