The price of CDs these days.
I’ve been noticing over the past couple of years the steady increase in the price of CDs – and over just the past year or two, the skyrocketing price of CDs. One notable example is […]
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Angel of Peace: The Sixteen’s 25th Choral Pilgrimage moves from the 12th century to the present day but it is early Tudor polyphony that stays in the memory
Angel of Peace: Hildegard of Bingen, Arvo Pärt, Will Todd, Anna Clyne, John Taverner; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Sarah Sexton; Church of St Martin in the FieldsReviewed 5 September 2025 The Sixteen’s 25th Choral Pilgrimage mixes the […]
Florence Price: Violin Concertos & more …
This is a fabulous addition to the Florence Price discography. In his video, Fanny Clamagiraud introduces th poject along with some footage often recording sessions: The First Violin Concerto as a first movement here is, […]
Conductors aren’t born, they’re forged! New choral conducting mentorship programme, Forge, launched
Conductors aren’t born, they’re forged. With this bold statement the Forge choral conducting mentorship has been launched. A mentoring programme for aspiring choral conductors, Forge has been founded by choral conductors Tori Longdon and Greg […]
Of Muggles and Muses: Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise and the Intersection of Circus and Opera
First performed on January 20, 1699, André Campra’s comic opera/ballet Le Carnaval de Venise to a libretto by Jean-François Regnard finally arrives at its UK premiere in late Summer 2025 at the Vache Baroque Summer Festival. It is sung in French, Italian and English, a heady mix and a real test (successfully passed) for the singers. All this happened against […]
Handel’s Alexander’s Feast at the Proms
Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 (1742 version) Librettist: John Dryden Performers: Hilary Cronin (soprano) – Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor) – Stuart Jackson (tenor) Conductor – Peter Whelan; Irish Baroque Chorus & Orchestra Royal Albert Hall, London, 30 […]
Music connects all of us, and people can create on all levels: RNS Moves to make its London debut
RNS Moves RNS Moves, the ensemble made up of professional disabled musicians and non-disabled members of Royal Northern Sinfonia, will make its London debut on 21 September at Kings Place, performing a programme that brings […]
Britten Pears Arts has embarked on the first phase of a £13.8 million Capital Programme to upgrade facilities at Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings, Britten Pears (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Arts organisation spends lots of money – that ought to be a common enough headline but in today’s climate large-scale spending in the arts is becoming rarer. […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "BBC Proms: Two tempests, a fire and a swan, Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius, Gabriella Smith & his own music with BBC Symphony Orchestra")
BBC Proms: Two tempests, a fire and a swan, Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius, Gabriella Smith & his own music with BBC Symphony Orchestra
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests – James McVinnie, Thomas Adès, BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Proms (Photo: Andy Paradise/BBC) Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests, Thomas Adès: Five Spells from The Tempest, Sibelius: The Tempest […]
A Proms kerfuffle: The Melbourne SO triumphs over adversity
PROMS 2025: Sutherland, Dvořäk Tchaikovsky. Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). Margaret Sutherland Haunted Hills Dvořäk Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in […]
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