Leslie Olive rehearsing the Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds (Photo: Bill Hiskett) Mendelssohn’s Old Testament oratorio, Elijah – the culmination of the composer’s life’s work and an ‘epic’ on a […]
Kerensa Briggs & Harry Christophers at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich (Photo: The Sixteen) Lead Kindly Light: Christobal de Morales, Sebastian de Vivanco, James MacMillan, Kerensa Briggs; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; 2026 Choral Pilgrimage at […]
Angel’s Bone by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek English National Opera at Aviva Studios, Manchester Du Yun: Angel’s Bone – English National Opera at Aviva Studios (Photo: Tristram Kenton) English National Opera presented the […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra & Joanna MacGregor (Photo: Frances Marshall) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, pianist Joanna MacGregor are joined by a host of talent for the orchestra’s 2026/27 season. Violinist Nigel Kennedy, who […]
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940) Bernstein Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” (1948/9, rev. 1965) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (1893) Denis Kozhukhin (piano); London Symphony Orchestra / […]
Sphinx Organization in the UK – Amiri Harewood, Nathan Amaral, Sterling Elliott, Celia Hatton, Elena Urioste The Sphinx Organization is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians. Based […]
Here’s another album of new music with an “arty” title which is becoming so commonplace on Classical releases these days. This one is adorned with “Undreamed Shores” – and I wondered, what does that even […]
The Richard Shephard Music Foundation’s 2026 Music Day takes places on 24 June 2026 at York St John University. During the course of the day, over 400 schoolchildren from across the region will take part […]
Neue Bahnen – Schumann’s final article for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1853 Schumann’s magazine, Neue Zeitschrift für;Musik, is best known for the composer’s own, often important, pronouncements about contemporary music. It was where […]
As well as being having a year-long residency at Kings Place as part of Memory Unwrapped [see my article] composer, songwriter and producer Renell Shaw is extending his practice in other ways as part of […]
