Gounod (& Gounod/Liszt) piano works
For all he attention on Faust and his Bach arrangement, Ave Maria, the music of Gounod remains elaivly unexplored. This is a welcome disc, therefore. Iroically, I begins with just that Ave Maria in its […]
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The end of an era: after 57 years Jeffrey Skidmore to step down from Ex Cathedra with James Burton announced as the new Artistic Director
James Burton conducting Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Town Hall 2025 Ex Cathedra, the Birmingham-based choir, has announced that its founder Jeffrey Skidmore will retire as Artistic Director in Autumn 2027 after 57 years, with James […]
For John Cage: the Zen-like composed silence of late Feldman
The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other. It kind of speaks for itself (perhaps that’s why thee are no booklet notes here!): or does it kind of “unspeak”?. Although there ae […]
Rooted in contemporary Russian poetry that confronts war, forced migration, collective guilt, & political protest: Maria Konoshenko’s Walkabout from Songs of Exile
Next month, Helsinki-based mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer Maria Konoshenko releases Walkabout, the first official single from her forthcoming song cycle, Songs of Exile. The full album is scheduled for release in later this year on Michael […]
Steel City Choristers, the Sheffield charity pioneering a new grassroots cathedral-style choir, celebrates its 5th birthday
Steel City Choristers at Berlin Dom Last week, Steel City Choristers, the Sheffield charity pioneering a new grassroots cathedral-style choir, celebrated its 5th birthday. Steel City Choristers formed following the closure of Sheffield Cathedral Choir […]
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The Continuo Foundation invites applications for its 11th round of funding with £106,000 available including a partnership with The Purcell Society
Continuo Foundation grantee Chelys Consort with Gwendolen Martin (soprano) & David de Winter (tenor) at Banbury Early Music Festival in September 2025 (Photo: Daniel Meikle) The Continuo Foundation is inviting UK-wide applications for its 11th round […]
Reviving the Queen of Sheba: American Romantics record a suite from Goldmark’s once-popular first opera
Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba Suite; American Romantics, Kevin SherwinReviewed 26 January 2026 Highly popular during his lifetime and up until the 1930s, Goldmark’s first opera has languished rather. Here revived in an abbreviated concert suite, […]
A first La bohème, The Elixir of Love returns, Peter Rabbit and music in the ballroom: Waterperry Opera Festival announces full details of its 2026 season
Mozart: Don Giovanni at Wateerperry Opera Festival in 2025 (Photo: Julian Guidera) Waterperry Opera Festival has announced details of its 2026 season, the first under new artistic director John Savournin. Headline productions are Puccini’s La […]
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring with music from Royal College of Music
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring, from Saturday 14 March to Monday 6 April 2026. A collaboration between Kew Gardens and the Royal College of Music will see the colourful flowering trees in Kew’s […]
The Roundhouse’s Three Sixty Festival launches with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Harry Baker and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tom Fetherstonhaugh
This year the Roundhouse is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the venue’s resurrection. Used as a performing arts venue from 1964, it was largely unused after 1983 and reopened in 2006 after a multi-million pound […]
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