Handel: Rodelinda – Lucy Crowe – Garsington Opera (Photo: courtesy Garsington Opera) Handel: Rodelinda; Lucy Crowe, Tim Mead, Ed Lyon, Brandon Cedel, Marvic Monreal, Hugh Cutting, director: Ruth Knight, the English Concert, conductor: Peter Whelan; […]
Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 25.06.2025 Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Chopin Nocturnes: C sharp minor, Op. 27/2; A flat, Op. 32/3. Scherzo No. 4. Shostakovich Piano Sonata No. […]
Hummel, portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler, c. 1814 Rossini: String Sonata No. 1, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, Hummel: Potpourri Op. 94, Weber: Symphony No. 1; Timothy Ridout, Tomo Keller, Academy of St Martin […]
Handel: Saul – Soraya Mafi – Glyndebourne Opera (Photo: Glyndebourne/ASH) Soprano Soraya Mafi is currently singing the role of Michal in Handel’s Saul at Glyndebourne in the 2025 revival of the 2015 production by Barrie […]
My Father’s Son Nicky Spence (tenor); Dylan Perez (piano) Thaxted Parish Church, 22.06.2025 Although this recital uses the words of others, it might as well be autobiographical,’ said Nicky Spence in an article about this […]
This summer, the Between Mountains Festival makes its debut on 19 July at Holdenweid in Hölstein, Switzerland. More than just another music festival, Between Mountains seeks to redefine how classical music is presented and experienced […]
Scriabin, Bach, Beethoven Nicolas Namoradze (piano). Wigmore Hall, 23.06.2025 Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 (1912/13) Bach Prelude & Fugue in E, BWV 878 (WTC II) Scriabin Fugue in E minor, WoO 20 (1892) Bach […]
Love and Loss: Music for Countertenor & Lute Songs by Dowland, Danyel, Rosseter, Campion, Purcell, Blow and Cynthia Harper. Alexander Chance (countertenor); Toby Carr (lute). Thaxted Parish Church, 22.06.2025 (9pm) A stroll through Elizabethan lute […]
Britten: Our Hunting Fathers – Allan Clayton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo – Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Daniel Kidane: Awake, Helen Grime: Violin Concerto, Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Vier letzel Lieder; Anu Komsi, Leila […]
John Savournin’s production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow (1905) – a score particularly known and loved for its evocation of bittersweet nostalgia and sentiment – moves the action to the notably unsentimental, ungentle context of […]
