Classical Music Reviews
Extraordinary musicians. A remarkable place: 2027 season at the 11th century St Hubert’s Church
11th century St Hubert’s Church stands alone in a field in Hampshire on the South Downs near Rowlands Castle. Inside are nationally important medieval wall paintings. Outside, the Idsworth valley around it is beautiful. In 2026, […]
Plans for 2027 East Neuk Festival announced, artistic director Svend McEwan-Brown’s last
Stockhausen’s Donnerstags-Abschied at the 2026 East Neuk Festival [Photo: Neil Hanna] Next year’s East Neuk Festival (ENF), which runs from 30 June to 4 July 2027, will be Svend McEwan-Brown’s last as artistic director as […]
The Song Within: Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a programme expanding the boundaries of the song recital
Audience at Leeds Song Festival 2025 [Photo: Tom Arber] Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a week of song from 10 to 17 April under the theme The Song Within, exploring what lies inside a […]
Charm & youthful engagement: Ellen Pearson & Laurence Kilsby join Nigel Foster to open the 2026 London Song Festival
Ellen Pearson, Nigel Foster, Laurence Kilsby [Photo: c/o Nigel Foster] Reaching Out to a Distant Lover: Schubert, Chaminade, Faure, Menotti, Mahler, Duparc, Bridge, Wolf, Roussel, Amy Beach, John Ireland, Korngold, Strauss, Ernest Charles, Cecil Armstrong […]
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 […]


