Ben Nobuto (Photo: Jennifer Hawthorn ) Kings Place’s new Curated By… series places audiences at the centre of a composer’s creative world. For the opening event on 23 May, Curated By… Ben Nobuto the British-Japanese […]
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Domingo Hindoyan (Photo: Gareth Jones) The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s 2026/27 will be Domingo Hindoyan’s sixth as chief conductor and his concerts with the orchestra feature a wide range of repertoire including […]
Moonrise: music by Christopher Churcher; Somerville College Choir, Oxford, Will Dawes; Resonus Classics Reviewed 12 May 2026 Music by the 22-year-old Christopher Churcher revealing a sophisticated handling of his choral forces allied to a distinctive […]
The cooperation band Sir James MacMillan’s Cumnock Tryst returns with its twelfth festival, running from 1 to 4 October 2026, the festival brings together world-class international artists, leading Scottish ensembles, and young musicians from The […]
Phelim McDermott & Philip Glass: Tao of Glass – @sohoplace theatre Director Phelim McDermott and composer Philip Glass have collaborated at ENO and the Met on Glass’s operas Satygraha [see Tony’s review of the 2018 revival at ENO] and Akhnaten, […]
FACT FICTION, a new interdisciplinary research programme has been launched led by composer Alastair White. Aimed at composers, performers, scholars and practitioners seeking to develop original research through artistic practice within an international context, the […]
A very personal programme this, hardly one to attract crowds and very different in tone from the team’s multi-media take on Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie for the Southbank’s Multitudes festival. Both the RPO’s advance publicity and the conductor’s pre-concert […]
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia – Ellie Donald, Ella Orehek-Coddington, Pasel Basov, Viktoria Melkonian – Royal Academy Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Ella Orehek-Coddington, Oliver Heuzenreuder, Yihui Wang, MAdeleine Perring, Pavel […]
The Celtic Tenors(George Hutton, Daryl Simpson, Matthew Gilsenan) The Celtic Tenors is an Irish trio comprising singers Matthew Gilsenan, George Hutton, and Daryl Simpson. Known for their signature harmony-rich style, they blend opera, classical, Irish […]
We first met Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) via another disc in the Naxos series of his music, again conducted by Jun Märkl: Orchestral Works, Volume 4; there followed a BIS disc of guitar […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Intriguing connections in Anja Bihlmaier & BBC Philharmonic's Prom including Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jamie Barton & Clay Hilley, yet perhaps better heard on BBC Sounds")
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Stripped back drama & strong musical values: Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos from Glyndebourne Opera at the BBC Proms")
