Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs; The Sixteen; Harry Christophers; COROReviewed 22 July 2024 by Tony Coooper Punctuating Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s centenary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have just issued 17 première recordings of his […]
Bizet: Carmen – dancers, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier – Glyndebourne Festival at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise In case you missed it Our monthly e-newsletter is out – August on Planet Hugill: Vampires, the […]
A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary at Old Royal Naval College The Chapel Choirs of the Old Royal Naval College and the Royal Hospital Chelsea are combining forces again in an historic commemoration of the […]
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The Bath Festival Orchestra is reinventing itself as Chromatica Orchestra, and the new ensemble debuts at Battersea Arts Centre on Tuesday 8 October 2024. The ensemble focuses on gifted early-career musicians under the direction of […]
Bruckner BBC Singers / Owain Park (conductor); Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Peternko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2024 Bruckner Os justi (1879). Locus iste (1869). Chrisus factus est (1884) Symphony No. 5 in B […]
Chanticleer Earlier this Summer, I had the delight of being part of a small audience at the Voces8 centre when the American male-voice ensemble, Chanticleer, music director Tim Keeler, recorded a concert for Live from […]
Edward Thomas by Frederick Henry Evansbromide print, circa 1904NPG P476 © National Portrait Gallery, London On 17 September 2024, St Martin-in-the-Fields opens its 2024/25 season with the London premiere of Alec Roth’s song cycle A […]
JAM on the Marsh – Aki Blendis with JAM Festival Orchestra, conductor Michael Bawtree Following sell-out performances from this year’s JAM on the Marsh festival, set in the mediaeval churches of Romney Marsh, Kent, from […]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Marcio da Silva, Joshua Furtado-Mendes – Ensemble OrQesta at Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Fesitval Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Marcio da Silva, Helen May, Oshri Segev, Hollie-Anne Clark, […]
SOMM Announces Signing of Burkard Schliessmann SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce the exclusive signing of the German pianist Burkard Schliessmann. Burkard Schliessmann Burkhard Schliessmann, recipient of the renowned Goethe-Prize of Frankfurt/(2019/20), is one of the most compelling […]
