Ming Tsao: Triode Variations
This is not the first recording of music of Ming Tsao (born 1966) for Kairos (it’s actually his third), but it’s the first one for Classical Explorer. Tsao’s instrumental background is playing violin, viola, and […]
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Manfred Honeck to become Philharmonia Orchestra’s seventh principal conductor following on from Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Manfred Honeck (Photo: Todd Rosenberg) The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced that Manfred Honeck will be its next principal conductor. Honeck will take up the post from September 2028, following on from Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who has […]
Rehearsal studio, study, office, entertaining suite: Handel Hendrix House’s new exhibition celebrates Handel’s Brook Street residence
Ledger of subscribers to Handel’s Twelve Grand Concertos from 1740 (Handel Hendrix House) Hallelujah House: Inside Handel’s HQ: Handel Hendrix HouseReviewed 17 September 2026 A fascinating & thought-provoking exhibition celebrating both 25 years since Handel’s house […]
Dialogues: Julien Van Mellaerts and Dylan Perez
This should have been a great disc, I loved Dylan Perez’s playing when he appeared with Nicky Spence at Thaxted, My Father’s Son, Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and Perez appeared in Opera Holland Parks series […]
Kazuki Yamada & CBSO launch 2026/27 season with Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony celebrating the CBSO Chorus’s 1000th performance
CBSO Chorus (Photo: Andrew Fox) Tonight (17 September 2026), the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by music director Kazuki Yamada launches their 2026/2027 season at Symphony Hall in Birmingham with a performance of Mahler’s […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Choral music is flourishing in Taiwan: composer Will Todd on his experiences collaborating with the Soochow University Alumni Choir in Taiwan")
Choral music is flourishing in Taiwan: composer Will Todd on his experiences collaborating with the Soochow University Alumni Choir in Taiwan
Will Todd & Soochow University Alumni Choir Composer Will Todd has been collaborating with a choir in Taiwan, the Soochow University Alumni Choir, first performing his Mass in Blue in 2024 then writing a commission […]
Takemitsu, Ravel & The Blue Guitar: Music@Malling opens ten days of music in historic venues in Kent
Marc Chagall’s East or Memorial Window for Sarah d’Avigdor Goldsmid, at All Saints’ Church, TudeleyBy Ian Alexander – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Music@Malling brings outstanding musicians to historic venues in and around West Malling in […]
Bychkov conducts Mahler’s First Symphony
A symphony should be like the world, it should encompass everything. So said Mahler himself, and his ambitious First Symphony sets out to do exactly that. We have previously looked at Bychkov’s Fourth and Fifth […]
The Darkness of Valentin Silvestrov
Valentin Silvestrov was forced to leave his native Ukraine after the Russian invasion of 2022, seeking refuge in Berlin. There is hope in this music but its eems rooted in a full realisation of teh […]
Be still, and know that I am God: Choral Contemplations – Sacred Introits & Duets from Phoenix Consort & Adam Whitmore on Convivium Records
Choral Contemplations – Sacred Introits & Duets: Peter Blumson, John-Paul Bowman, Rosemary Broadbent, David Fletcher, David Goymour, Adrian Green, Bruce Ramell, Derek Saunders, Noel Skinner; Phoenix Consort, Adam Whitmore; Convivium RecordsReviewed 14 September 2026 Music […]
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