Jasdeep Singh Degun performing Arya: concerto for sitar and orchestra with Orchestra of Opera North (Photo Justin Slee) Opera North’s Resonance residency programme was launched in 2017 to offer funding, space, time and technical support […]
A new festival will be enlivening the City of London in October. The rather awkwardly named City Festival of Music, Invention & Knowledge runs from 10 to 24 October 2024 with a series of evening […]
Gundaris Pone: La Serenissima, seven Venetian portraits for orchestra, American Portraits, Avanti!; Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma, Normunds Šnē; SKANIReviewed 22 July 2024 The first studio recordings of three of Gundaris Pone’s large-scale orchestral works reveal a […]
The University of Birmingham’s Elgar Concert Hall The University of Birmingham has announced its programme of lunchtime and evening concerts for 2024/24, the Barber Concerts taking place in the Elgar Concert Hall in the university’s […]
Twogether Duo and Carol Main Live Music Now was the brainchild of Lord Menuhin, and has provided talented musicians at the outset of their careers with professional performance and training opportunities, making live music accessible […]
Bavarian Radio’s series Musica Viva always seems to exude a sense of discovery, of freshness, of hope that contemporary music that matters is alive and well: we can look back, for example, to the music […]
Yuriy Yurchuk Baritone Yuriy Yurchuk sings the title role in Northern Ireland Opera‘s new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin which opens on 14 September 2024 at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, directed by Cameron Menzies […]
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Handel: Acis and Galatea – chorus – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Handel: Acis and Galatea; Elizabeth Karani, Anthony Gregory, Chuma Sijeqa, Ruari Bowen, director: Louise Bakker, City of London Sinfonia, conductor: Michael Papadopoulos; […]
Wolf-Ferrari and Leoncavallo: Soloists; Children from Pimlico Musical Foundation; Chorus of Opera Holland Park; City of London Sinfonia / John Andrews (conductor, Wolf-Ferrari), Francesco Ciliuffo (conductor, Leoncavallo) Wolf-Ferrari – Il segreto di Susanna Production: Director – […]
Ludovico Ariosto’s long narrative poem Orlando furioso, from the early 16th century, proved to be highly influential not only as a masterpiece within the domain of literature, but also as a regular source for countless […]
