Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s fourth season as principal conductor of the Philharmonia opens with a season focusing on the relationship between music, nature and the climate crisis from a Nordic perspective, Nordic Soundscapes (26 September to 10 […]
Every Parsifal conductor must do more than simply guide the performance, he must also allow certain aspects to run their own course if he is to do justice to a work of such monumental proportions. […]
What a difference a performance makes! Bruckner’s First Symphony was not, of course his first. Bruckner is “that” composer who wrote a Symphony No. 00 (Double Zero). But even his ‘real fist symphony went through […]
This may sound like a strange observation, but for me, one of the stars of this show, aside from the composer and the conductor, is the orchestra “leader” (or as non-British orchestras call them, the […]
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress – Adam Temple-Smith, Michael Mofidian – The Grange Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) June on Planet Hugill: Holland Park, the Grange, Aldeburgh, Glyndebourne and beyond. Our latest newsletter has landed on MadMimi and on […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project team up for Scottish Gaelic & Scots Language version of 'Dido and Aeneas'")
Now this is intriguing. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project are teaming up for a production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in an exciting new Scottish Gaelic and Scots Language version! David Douglas directs with a Scots […]
Temple Church The Temple Music Foundation’s 2024/25 season offers the opportunity to hear a diverse range of music in a variety of spaces in and around Temple. Things kick off with Siren Duo (Claire Wickes, […]
Vienna Opera Festival 2023 Despite its name, the Vienna Opera Festival (Wiener Festpiele) was only founded in 2019 by tenor Jesus Leon with music director Toby Purser. The festival puts on a Summer season (mid-July […]
Thaxted Festival: Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z 629. Oz Clarke (narrator); Eloise Irving, Hannah Fraser Mackenzie, Laura Moretto (sopranos); William Towers (alto); Matthew Pochin (tenor); Robert Davies (bass); Armonico Consert & Baroque Players / Chrisopher […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Age 15 to 18, love music and wondering what to do next? The Benedetti Foundation launches its free Youth Ambassador Programme")
Benedetti Foundation workshop (Photo: Jamie Williamson) The Benedetti Foundation is launching a new free Youth Ambassador Programme for 15 to 18-year-olds across the UK. Open to singers and instrumentalists, it is aimed at anyone of […]
