Classical Music Reviews
A Handel Celebration: 25 years since the Handel House opened – The Brook Street Band, The London Handel Players & Helen Charlston will be there
Amazingly it is 25 years since the Handel House (now Handel Hendrix House) opened in London and Handel Hendrix House is celebrating. There is a concert on 10 November at Handel’s parish church, St George’s […]
Late romantics: Jashandeep Reehal & Holland Park Sinfonia return with Richard Strauss, Korngold & Vaughan Williams
Jashandeep Reehal and his Holland Park Sinfonia will be returning to St Peter’s Church, Notting Hill for their next concert on 13 November 2026 which features music written in the 1940s and 1950s by three […]
36 nominees in 9 categories with 15 first-time nominees: the 2026 Ivors Composer Awards
The Ivors Composer Awards take place this year on 17 November 2026 at Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, London when the winners will be announced from this year’s nominees. The Ivors Academy has just announced […]
One Community, No Exclusions: Music for Change supporting You Are Loved’s mission to reduce deaths from suicide and drugs in the LGBTQ+ community
On 20 November 2026 at St Marylebone Parish Church, Music for Change returns for its second edition. The event, presented by Big Gay Out and Song in the City, is a fundraising concert for You Are […]
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 […]
