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Classical Music Reviews
Mujer Fatal: Aigul Akhmetshina’s Portrait of a Woman
Broadly coinciding with Aigil Akhmetchina’s debut as Dalila at Covent Garden (which ran May 13-June 3), and released just a couple of weeks ago on 21 August 2026, Muher fatal – which means femme fatale […]
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From Mozartian connections in Salzburg & Vienna, to London success: Joseph Wölfl’s Duos for Harp and Piano from Duo Praxedis on Toccata Classics
Joseph Wölfl in 1811 Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812) is hardly a name that springs to the lips. Born in Salzburg, the young Wölfl had lessons with Mozart’s father and with Michael Haydn, as well as taking […]
The young German conductor Patrick Lange announced as Opera North’s next music director
Patrick Lange Opera North‘s forthcoming Autumn season has an interesting element of compare and contrast to it. Patrick Nolan’s new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin will be conducted by the company’s music director, Garry Walker, […]
Superbly realised: Elements from saxophonist Huw Wiggin & harpist Oliver Wass
Elements – Charlotte Harding, Yshani Perinpanayagam, David Wallace, Simon Rowland-Jones, Laura Bowler, Andy Scott, Couperin, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Corelli; Huw Wiggin, Oliver Wass, Leander Kippenberg; Orchid ClassicsReviewed 4 September 2026 Using the four classical elements […]
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 […]
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