Slough Cultural Revival is a project led by Slough Arts Forum, a collective of over 50 arts organisations, and supported by Arts Council England, intended to ‘revive’ the town as a centre for creativity and innovation, and act […]
Brassworks at Woolwich Works Brassworks, Woolwich Works’ celebrations of all things brass returns to the multi-disciplinary cultural hub on the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich on Saturday 6 September 2025 with a parade through Woolwich, and a full […]
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3 in A-Major, Op. 72 (1946) Brahms Piano Quintet in F-Minor, Op. 34 (1865) Saanen Church, Switzerland, 21.08.2025 Saanen Church, Switzerland Dedicated to the great Beethoven Quartet, and premiered in Moscow […]
Mark Simpson (Photo: Matthew Johnson) Composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson has been announced as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s (RLPO) new Artist in Residence for the 25/26 season. Simpson’s residency is launched with the UK […]
South Molton Church This October the Two Moors Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with events encompassing Exmoor (1-5 October 2025) and Dartmoor (8-12 October 2025). Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of […]
Steel City Choristers performing at Berlin Cathedral Earlier this month, Steel City Choristers went on its first international tour – a week-long trip singing in Berlin and Leipzig. The choir of 24 children and 15 […]
Like almost all of his musical contemporaries, Salieri has remained so much in the shadow of Mozart, that it’s easy to forget how precocious he also was in composition. La locandiera (1773) is his ninth […]
It used to be a fairly rare treat to hear Suor Angelica, but of late there have been a number of significant stagings. Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten is rarer still, at least on these […]
Handel: Semele – Hilary Cronin & ensemble – Waterperry Opera Festival (Photo: Jennifer Hawthorn) Handel: Semele; Hilary Cronin, Michael Lafferty, Sophie Goldrrick, Nathan Mercieca, Sarah Winn, director: Rebecca Meltzer, conductor: Bertie Baigent, Waterperry Opera Festival; […]
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi – BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Bent Sørensen: Evening Land, Anna Clyne: The Years, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’; Clara Cecilie Thomsen, […]
