Classical Music Reviews
The power of music: Christopher Glynn, Rowan Pierce & Julia White in concert in aid of Music in Hospitals & Care
St James Garlickhythe Church On Thursday 24 September at St James Garlickhythe Church in central London, pianist Christopher Glynn will perform and host an evening of live music in support of the charity Music in […]
OFFENBACH: Barkouf (UK Premiere)
From Opera Rara: Sunday 4 October, 4pm, The Bridgewater Hall aul Daniel, conductor | Chorus of English National Opera On Sunday 4 October, Opera Rara launches its 56th season with the UK premiere of Offenbach’s Barkouf, a biting political satire in which a […]
The first ever turbaned Sikh conductor? Jashandeep Reehal & Holland Park Sinfonia in Rachmaninoff
The Adagio from Rachmaninoff’s Symphony no. 2 performed by the Holland Park Sinfonia and conductor Jashandeep Reehal. Jashandeep Reehal, Holland Park Sinfonia19 June 2026 (Photo: Marc Tunguz) Jashandeep Reehal is a self-taught musician from Punjab, […]
Quiet Summer Evening: English Music on Somm
This rather nice compilation of approachable, broadly “pastoral” English music released by SOMM is a delight. The music is the very definition of the disc’s subtitle, “British Light Classics”. Geoffrey Bush’s Rhapsody for clarinet and […]
Classical Music News
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 […]
Join Us Wishing Our Managing Director A Very Happy 60th Birthday!!
Chris Caspell, 60 not out. Away from taxing matters, music is an important part of his life – as a viola-player, conductor, and entrepreneur. He also sings, mostly in church choirs, and, like Fred Astaire, […]
