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 […]
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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 […]
Joshua Ballance at High Barnet Chamber Music Festival High Barnet Chamber Music Festival has returned for its sixth season with a mix of the well-known and the not so well-known. Things kicked off last weekend […]
Missy Mazzoli: Proving Up – Sebastian Hill, Aidan O’Donnell – Guildhall School (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge) Missy Mazzoli: Proving Up; director: Amy Lane, conductor: James Henshaw; Guildhall School of Music & DramaReviewed by Edward Lambert (5 […]
Founded in 1977 by a group including composer Peter Maxwell Davies and poet George Mackay, the St Magnus Festival is week-long arts festival which takes place at midsummer on the islands of Orkney. This year […]
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Elinor Rolf Johnson – Wild Arts (Photo: Lucy Toms) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Jack Sandison, Abbie Ward, […]
.png?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "OutLoud! a new company amplifying queer stories launches with fun, campy production of Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel")
