Anton Arensky Still probably best known for his chamber music, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) managed to fit an enormous amount into his relatively short life. He wrote three operas, a ballet (which was reused […]
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda – Nino Gotoshia, Lisette Oropesa – Salzburg Festival 2025 (Photo: SF/Monika Rittershaus) For the 2026 Salzburg Festival, the Intendant, Markus Hinterhäuser has taken Roland Barthes’ 1977 book A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments (Fragments […]
Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2026 Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514 (?1817). Der Jûngling an der Quelle, D 300 (c. 1817). Die blinde Knabe, D 833 (1825). Liane, D 298 (1815). Die Unglûchliche, D 713 (1821). Von Mitleiden […]
We heard Yoav Lavanon a the Gstaad Festival in 2023: the report is here. He gave a recital in Verbier, too, in 2019: here’s a video he made about that particular experience: Levanon styles himself […]
Stagings of Bach Passions are, if not the norm, certainly not unknown; and Insula showed how effective known music with projection can be in Mat Collishaw’s Sky Burial, a film response to Fauré’s Requiem. Insula’s Brahms […]
In search of Youkali: The songs of Kurt Weill; Katie Bray, William Vann, Murray Grainger, Marianne Schofield; CHANDOSReviewed 20 January 2026 A profoundly satisfying and intelligently put together recital tracing Weill from Weimar Germany to […]
The 2025 Young Composers’ Workshop with ORA Singers The vocal ensemble, ORA Singers, has opened applications for its seventh national Young Composers’ programme. This offers secondary students free composition coaching with professional composers, and the […]
The Radio 4 Appeal is a weekly 3-minute programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations to support its activities. This week the focus is on the Benedetti Foundation, with a short […]
Federico García Lorca finished his play Así que pasen cinco años in 1931, five years to the day before he was executed. If was never produced during Lorca’s lifetime and he said it would be impossible […]
This afternoon (19 January 2026) SWAP’ra’s wonderfully enterprising Rebecca Clarke Song Competition reaches its semi-final rounds as 17 duos compete for a place in the final, which takes place at the Royal Overseas League on Saturday […]
