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 […]
Each year, the vocal group The Sixteen releases a new album on the CORO label to accompany the choir’s nationwide Choral Pilgrimage tour, which sees them visit over 20 locations across the span of 7 […]
Ben Goldscheider Anna Clyne: Sirens, Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor; Ben Goldscheider, Laurence Kilsby, London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham; Church of St Martin in the FieldsReviewed […]
James Baillieu (Photo: David Ruano) From this year, pianist James Baillieu and conductor/composer Ryan Wigglesworth begin a three-year tenure as Associate Directors of the Britten Pears Arts Young Artist Programme, with both men being significantly involved […]
Once upon a time, Cavalleria rusticana was Mascagni’s one known opera, and the most imagination we got was to decouple it from Leoncvallo’s Pag and tether it to another verismo one-cater. Times are different now: […]
The Parnassus Ensemble is a young Early Music collective founded in 2022 by Oscar Holch, Xeniga Gogu and Victor García García as result of participating in several young artist programmes throughout the UK and Europe […]
