Violetta Suvini (Photo: Marleen Annema) On 10 July 2026 at Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, violinist Violetta Suvini is joined by friends, Hana Mizuta-Spencer (violin), Dominic Stokes (viola) and Nina Kiva (cello) for Violetta Suvini […]
Imogen Whitehead with flugelhorn The flugelhorn has its origins in a German type of hunting horn. In early 18th century Germany, a ducal hunt leader known as a Flügelmeister used a Flügelhorn to direct his […]
Mary, Queen of Scots remains a character who continues to fascinate and inspire composers. Composers as diverse as Schumann and Richard Wagner set her poetry. Donizetti’s opera though historically inaccurate continues to hold the operatic […]
Summa – Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio, Silouan’s Song, Da Pacem Domine, Psalom, Missa Brevis, Summa, O-Antiphonen, Pari Intervallo; Cello Octet Amsterdam; 7K Records Reviewed 26 May 2026 Arvo Pärt’s music reinvented in his own versions for […]
Sebastian Plano Grammy-nominated Argentine cellist and composer Sebastian Plano announces the release of his deeply personal new album, Solo, arriving on 26 June. For more than two decades, Sebastian Plano has built a distinctive musical […]
Solomon’s Knot and Jonathan Sells join forces with Les Passions de l’Âme (The Passions of the Soul)) for this celebration of late Telmann sacred music, Ton Koopman waxed lyrical to me once about Telemann’s Donnerode, […]
St Paul’s Opera in Clapham is back with their summer opera next month. Having delighted us last year with Doniz L’elisir d’amore [see my review], the company will be performing Verdi’s La traviata from 2 […]
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito: Jeremy Ovenden, Aphrodite Patoulidou, Maite Beaumont, Anna El-Khashem, Ambroisine Bré, Adrien Fournaison, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; The Grange FestivalReviewed 9 June 2026 A welcome opportunity to hear Mozart’s great last opera […]
8 Songs for a Mad King Soloists; Manchester Camerata / John Andrews (conductor); Company Chameleon (stage direction). King’s Place, London, June 6, 2026 Judith Weir Blue Green Hill Errolyn Wallen By Gis and By Saint […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The Trial of Dhegdheer: a Somali folktale is the inspiration for a new community opera bringing together communities of Butetown & Grangetown in Cardiff")
Robert Fokkens in the first community rehearsal of The Trial of Dhegdheer A new community opera The Trial of Dhegdheer, to be performed in Grangetown in Cardiff on Saturday 13 June takes a Somali folktale […]
