Classical Music Reviews
Here comes the 1980s: powerful solo contributions rescue Opera North’s misguided updating of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin,Act Two, scene one – John Brancy as Eugene Onegin, Caspar Singh as Lensky & chorus – Opera North [Photo: James Glossop] Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; John Brancy, Verity Wingate, Caspar Singh, Jingwen Cai, director: […]
The music of C. P. E. Bach at Wigmore Hall
C. P. E. Bach Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord); Aapo Häkkinen (fortepiano; harpsichord/director); Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. Wigmore Hall, 730 pm, 19.10.2026 Symphony in F, Wq 175 (1755). Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, Wq 15 (1745-7). Symphony in […]
Do try & catch it! Femi Elufowoju jr’s intelligent yet imaginatively accessible production of Verdi’s Rigoletto returns to Opera North
Verdi: Rigoletto – Themba Mvula, Ross McInroy, Thomas Elwin & ensemble – Opera North, 2026 [Photo: Richard H Smith] Verdi: Rigoletto; Leonardo Sánchez, Blake Denson, Raven McMillon, dir: Femi Elufowoju jr, cond: Patrick Lange; Opera North at […]
NOVO Quartet does it again at Wigmore Hall
Mendelssohn, Nielsen NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, 19.10.2026 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Nielsen String Quartet in F minor, Op. 5 (1890) The Danish NOVO Quartet is a […]
Classical Music News
Last Night of the Proms 2026: Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Ward Thomas join the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers in a tribute to Dolly Parton
Last Night of the Proms takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 12 September, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds and in two parts on live TV: Part 1 on […]
AVIE maps an American pulse before an autumn of contrasts
NEWS • 7 August 2026 • Source: AVIE Records AVIE Records has opened its late-summer schedule with Rhythm Nation, a new album from New York’s PUBLIQuartet that treats rhythm as a meeting place rather than a boundary. Contemporary commissions […]
LSO Associate Artists reshape the concert format this autumn
NEWS • 4 August 2026 • Source: Baxter PR / London Symphony Orchestra Three autumn projects from London Symphony Orchestra collaborators will bring choral theatre, multidisciplinary performance and orchestral jazz to LSO St Luke’s and the Barbican. Tangram and […]
£200,000 Wolfson grant advances Smith Square restoration
NEWS • 3 August 2026 • Source: Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square has secured a £200,000 grant from the Wolfson Foundation for the restoration of its Grade I listed Westminster home. The award supports Doors Open: Transforming Lives […]
