Classical Music Reviews
The King’s Singers Live at Christmas
Gosh, they’re good, aren’t they? For decades, The King’s Singers have consistently, though changed of personnel, stood for excellence – and fun This is a live performance from Temple Church in January 2026. As always, […]
Not the end, but the beginning of a journey: Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ CEO Annie Lydford reflects on what the acquisition of The Warehouse could mean for the Orchestra
Pictured (from left): Chris Martin (ASMF Director of Development & External Affairs), Julie Price (ASMF Principal Bassoon & Player Director), Elizabeth Szucs (Chief Executive, LFO), Ross Pople (Founder LFO & The Warehouse) Martin Fraenkel (ASMF […]
Not what we expected: the new Tosca at ENO has compelling dramatic tension, creating one of the most gripping accounts I have seen in a long time
Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) – Robert Hayward, Christopher Purves, Osian Wyn Bowen, Christopher Nairne – English National Opera 2026 [Photo: Ellie Kurttz] Puccini: Tosca; Axelle Fanyo, Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Christopher Purves, dir: Annilese Miskimmon, cond: Ben […]
Enescu Chamber Music on Chandos
George Enescu, in October 1888, aged seven, become the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory (and the first non-Austrian), from which he graduated at the age of twelve. Quiet a precocious child, then. […]
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 […]
