Founded in 1977 by a group including composer Peter Maxwell Davies and poet George Mackay, the St Magnus Festival is week-long arts festival which takes place at midsummer on the islands of Orkney. This year […]
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Elinor Rolf Johnson – Wild Arts (Photo: Lucy Toms) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Timothy Nelson, Ellie Neate, Jack Sandison, Abbie Ward, […]
Joseph Phibbs & Dominic Sandbrook: Mrs T – Lucy Schaufer as Mrs T in rehearsal(Photo: Claire Shovelton) Whether you love her or hate her, Mrs Thatcher remains an iconic figure but not a character who […]
A selection of 17 pieces launched by Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746) launched by “Honori Purificationis BV Mariae” (In Honour of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) from Lytaniae Lauretanae and crowned by one […]
Ryan Wigglesworth (Photo: BBC/Gordon Burniston) At this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, which runs from 12 to 18 June 2026, the festival’s Featured Artist will be Ryan Wigglesworth and over the 17 days of the festival there […]
Carl Nielsen’s music to The Mother: A Play in a Prologue and Seven Scenes by Helge Rode was recorded in full for the first time here. Some excerpts have found their way in into record […]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Andrey Zhilikhovsky, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Louise Alder, Alex Esposito – Royal Opera House (Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Alex Esposito, Louise Alder, Andrey Zilikhovsky, Masabane Cecilia […]
A curious programme with which to bring down the curtain on a successful season. Vasily Petrenko began with one of his well-intended homilies, promising us an evening of extremes but trailing off into unintelligibility when […]
Tobias Picker: Lili Elbe – Lucia Lucas – Theater St. Gallen 2023 Ever since John Adams and Alice Goodman focused on Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to China, contemporary opera (and contemporary American opera in particular) […]
There are kazilliions of Goldbergs out there. Here’s one with a difference: an arrangement by Tomáš Ille (born 1971) for French horn (Radek Baborák), violin (Dalibor Karvay), marimba (Andrei Pushkarev) and bass clarinet (Petr Velášek). […]
