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Britten’s War Requiem: Edward Gardner takes an uncompromising & severe view softened by the poetic attention to the words from soloists in London Philharmonic Orchestra’s season opener
Britten: War Requiem – Edward Gardner, Benjamin Appl, Paul ApplebyLondon Philharmonic Orchestra (Photo: Andy Paradise) Britten: War Requiem; Natalya Romaniw, Paul Appleby, Benjamin Appl, London Philharmonic Choir, Tiffin Boys Choir & Girls Choir, London Philharmonic […]
Misha Mullov-Abbado on harp, Belgian roots & Finizi anniversaries: CD launches this week
It has been a busy week for live CD launches. On Wednesday harpists Oliver Wass and Lise Vandermissen had a joint launch at St Pancras Clocktower for Wass’s Musica per arpa on Tactus and Vandermissen’s […]
Relishing the challenge: mezzo-soprano Samantha Price on singing her first Dido in Purcell’s opera on tour with English Touring Opera
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas in rehearsal – Michael Lafferty (Aeneas), Samantha Price (Dido) & ensemble – English Touring Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) As part of English Touring Opera‘s (ETO) Autumn season they are performing Purcell’s […]
Sturm und Drang 4: The Mozartists return
The Mozartist’s projected seven-volume series of works from the “Sturm und Drang” period (early 1760s-late 1770s) is exemplified by this disc. The fire and high emotion of the cover painting says it all, Fire on […]
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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 […]
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