Classical Music Reviews
Scaling Everest – conductor Mandle Cheung’s journey to Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony
On Friday, August 21 2026, Mandle Cheung will conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with the Brighton Festival Chorus and soloists Elizabeth Watts and Jennifer Johnston in Mahler’s mighty Second Symphony at a sold-out Alexandra Palace […]
Fiordiligi to the fore: Korean soprano Soyeon Shin shines in a fine young ensemble for Scherzo Ensemble’s trimmed yet still full-fat performance of Cosi fan tutte
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte – Soyeon Shin, Max Robbins, Anna Gregg, Michal Karski, Aina Magnell, Samuel Pantcheff – Scherzo Ensemble at Smith Square Hall Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (the essential cut); Soyeon Shin, Aina Magnell, Max Robbins, Samuel […]
The Marriage of Figaro: Oxford Opera Company returns to Oxford Playhouse with a young cast including Hugo Herman-Wilson in title role & role debuts from Jack Holton & Rachel Spiers
Following their successful production of Puccini’s Tosca last year (with Marlena Devoe, Sam Furness and Philip Rhodes), director Katie Blackwell and conductor John Warner return to Oxford Opera Company for a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of […]
North Yorkshire and beyond: Jervaulx Singers new season including Parry’s Songs of Farewell, Vierne’s Messe Solennelle and more
Jervaulx Abbey (Photo: Jervaulx Abbey) Named for Jervaulx Abbey, the ruins of the once great Cistercian abbey in North Yorkshire, Jervaulx Singers is an eight-voiced ensemble of professional singers founded in 2021 by conductor Charlie […]
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, […]
