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The lyrics of one of the Bee Gees’ multiple signature songs posed, and then proceeded to answer, what may be the most famous rhetorical question in all of popular music – “What’re you doing on your back, aah? /What’re you doing on your back, aah?/You...

The 40th Bermuda Festival will end on a high note this weekend with performances by Stayin’ Alive, a Bee Gees tribute band. The Canadian-based band will give concert goers ‘One night of the Bee Gees’, said a Bermuda Festival spokesman. “The original ...

The Schubert Ensemble of London, recognised as a chamber group that ranks amongst the very best, was back for the Bermuda Festival after a three-year interval. Those who had heard this fine group of musicians perform during their last visit in 2012 k...

Aquila Theatre’s version of Wuthering Heights was like a ghostly echo of Emily Bronte’s fiery 1847 novel. Ethereal dance transitions between scenes brought a dreamlike quality to the production, while the scant setting left lots to the imagination. ...

To hear pianist William Howard perform Frédéric Chopin’s Scherzo No 2 Op 31 B flat minor is well worth leaving a warm home on a chilly Sunday afternoon for the Earl Cameron Theatre, City Hall. The programme notes describe this work as “ ... unashamed...

Nineteenth century French courtesan Marie Duplessis was the inspiration for a play by one of her lovers, the author Alexandre Dumas, and subsequently for the three act opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi. In the latter she re-emerged as Violetta Vale...

Although this was the first visit by the current LAGQ members, which consists of Scott Tennant, Matthew Greif, John Dearman and William Kanengiser, to Bermuda, the Island’s relationship with prior members of the quartet has lengthy roots. The founder...

A treble clef that resolves into a triplet of wavelets rather than the ubiquitous fiddle head, is immediately recognisable as the Bermuda Festival logo. It was designed by John Ellison, the first chairman of the Festival, and its founder along with ...

The Grammy award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet workshop designed for Bermuda’s advanced guitarists, a part of the Bermuda Festival outreach programme, is already a sell-out. However, the guitar masterclass given by the quartet known for their in...

Senator Michael Fahy, the Minister for Home Affairs, has defended Bermuda Festival organisers after the event came under attack this week from the union representing entertainers. The Bermuda Entertainment Union branded the festival’s decision to use...

The Bermuda Festival has come under fire from the Bermuda Entertainment Union (BEU) for falling short on including local talent — despite the charity’s protest that its focus is on bringing international acts to the Island. The BEU acknowledged recei...

Yo-Yo Ma has been described by Washington Post art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott as arguably the best cellist ever, known for his fresh, richly interpretative approach. The audience at the Bermuda Festival’s Founders’ Recital, performed in...