Meet Michael Haydn and his string quartets
If you haven’t yet come across Michael Haydn (1727-1805), then now is the chance to meet his most civilised of composers. Think J. C. Bach, the “London” Bach. Michael Haydn was trained musically at St […]
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Mozart and Poulenc from the Nagano tribe
What a great coupling! Two Mozart Concertos for multiple keyboards, plus the Poulenc. A match made in heaven. The same could be said fo the performers, a true family team (Kent Nagano, his wife, and […]
Taking elements of Western culture and seeing it through the lens of other classical traditions: four new music theatre works at the Barbican this Autumn
Kangmin Justin Kim (Song Liling) and Mark Stone (René Gallimard) in rehearsal for the premiere of Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly at the Santa Fe Opera in 2022(Photo: Curtis Brown for the Santa Fe Opera) Four music […]
Unalloyed Delight: Handel’s Acis & Galatea at Opera Holland Park
Acis and Galatea (Bärenreiter Edition) Composed by George Frederick Handel Libretto by John Gay after Ovid’s Metamorphoses Cast and Production staff: Acis: Anthony Gregory; Galatea: Elizabeth Karani; Polyphemus: Chuma Sijeqa; Ruairi Bowen; Director: Louise Bakker; […]
A world away from the Bibilical oratorio: Stanford’s Walt Whitman setting is the focus for this disc from Wales of two of his large-scale choral works
Charles Villiers Stanford: Te Deum, Elegiac Ode; Rhian Lois, Samantha Price, Alessandro Fisher, Morgan Pearse, BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales, Adrian Partington; LYRITAReviewed 23 July 2024 Written 35 years before his pupil Holst’s […]
Seeking professional Global Majority musicians and composers based in the North of England and the Midlands: Opera North’s Resonance residency programme 2024/25
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 […]
Flower of Cities: a new festival celebrates the City of London with a distinctly Italian flavour
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 […]
A vividly realised recording which does full justice to the complexity and vivid imagination of this music: rediscovering music by Latvian-American composer Gundaris Pone
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 […]
New work, young artists, established favourites: University of Birmingham’s Barber Concerts
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 […]
Forty Years of Inspiring Musicians: Carol Main MBE FRC will step back from her role as Director of Live Music Now Scotland – a post she has held since the founding of this organisation in 1984
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 […]
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