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Classical Music Reviews
It demands to be heard: the CBSO return to Coventry Cathedral with Britten’s War Requiem for Remembrance Day in advance of a European tour
Coventry Cathedral [Photo: Garry Jones] The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is set to return to Coventry Cathedral for a performance of Britten’s War Requiem on Remembrance Day (11 November), also marking 50 years since […]
VOCES8 announces Live from London Christmas 2026
The VOCES8 Foundation presents LIVE From London Christmas 2026, the twentieth edition of the online festival. From 10th December 2026 to 6th January 2027, audiences around the world can enjoy a festive feast of music […]
The songs that make ordinary moments feel transcendent: Erik Sigurd’s Sonnet live in Stoke Newington
“There was a time when you could sit in silence without reaching for your phone, when you looked forward to long car rides for the space to think, when you would listen to an album […]
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Innovative repertoire, worthy winners & talent development: looking back at the final of BBC Young Musician
BBC Young Musician final, 20206 – Sofia Demetriades [Photo: BBC / Betsan Evans] It was heartening to hear three such talented young people in the BBC Young Musician 2026 final and to experience such imaginatively […]
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 […]
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