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Classical Music Reviews
Tristan und Isolde at St John’s
Wagner Tristan und Isolde. Cast; Chorus & Orchestra of the London Opera Company / Peter Selwyn (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, 18.10.2026. Cast: Tristan – Neal Cooper Isolde – Cara McHardy Brangӓne – Harriet Williams […]
Sheku Kanneh Mason joins young cellists for mass performance at The Glasshouse
Sheku Kanneh Mason and young cellists from The Glasshouse [Photo: TyneSight Media] After a tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Dinis Sousa playing Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in Middlesborough, Gateshead and Kendal, cellist Sheku […]
More Than a Vampire: More Marschner
Dario Salvi and the Janáček Philharmonic return for volume 3 in their series of Overtures and Stage Music: Volume One was covered here, while we covered yet another Naxos release, the Piano Trios with the […]
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Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday
Ben Parry and Garth Bardsley’s My Father Cannot Speak in rehearsals with Roderick Williams at Snape [Photo: Angus Cooke / Britten Pears Arts] On 24 October, composer Ben Parry and writer Garth Bardsley‘s new opera, […]
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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