Classical Music Reviews
Shine: Jess Gillam on Decca
This album has achieved notable success already(released October 9, and achieving top spot in the UK Classical Chart) Helen Rogers, Executive Producer at Decca Classics, says: To see Jess achieve three consecutive No. 1 albums […]
New work by Jay Capperauld celebrates 20th anniversary of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Big Guitar Weekend
Jay Capperauld at the premiere of Galvanic Dances with accordionist Ryan Corbett, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Catherine Larsen-Maguire The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s (RCS) Big Guitar Weekend celebrates its 20th anniversary this year as […]
James Baillieu to take over from Tamsin Waley-Cohen as artistic director of the Two Moors Festival
James Baillieu (Photo: David Ruano) Having first played at there in 2016 and now with a home on Dartmoor, pianist James Baillieu is to take over from Tamsin Waley-Cohen as artistic director of the Two Moors […]
National Youth Orchestra: 43% of musicians in 2027 come from its free access programme NYO Inspire, demand for which is increasing
National Youth Orchestra (Photo: Tom Morley) The National Youth Orchestra will be presenting its 2027 season with an Orchestra of 160 musicians who hail from every corner of the UK from Banchory to Bicester and […]
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 […]
