Classical Music Reviews
Celebrating 50 years of Star Wars & John Williams’ 95 birthday with Antoine Tamesit, Philharmonia Orchestra & Caleb Young
Amazingly, the film Star Wars will be 50 next year; the original film was released in May 1997. And the composer of the iconic music for the film, John Williams, is 95 next year. In […]
All-IN4Art with Aprile Millo
Aprile Millo [Photo: Beth Bergman] In our latest letter from Florida, Robert J Carreras talks to the great spinto soprano Aprile Millo “All things old become new again, and all things new…,” whenever I repeat […]
Casting a spell: baritone Andrè Schuen & pianist Julius Drake in Schumann’s Heine settings at Temple Church for Temple Music
Andrè Schuen, Julius Drake – Temple Music at Temple Church [Photo: Chris Christodoulou] A Poet’s Love – Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Dichterliebe Op. 48; Andrè Schuen, Julius Drake; Temple Music at Temple Church A focus […]
Geneva News (1): Composition final
See below for the official news piece for the Composers Final and the first part the Conductors Final on Wednesday. The conductors complete tonight, after which there wil doubtless be another news report … 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 […]


