Verdi: Requiem – Asmik Grigorian, Deniz Uzan, Joshua Guerrero, Tareq Nazmi, Cleveland Orchestra, Taichi Fukumura – Adrienne Arsht Center (Photo: Alex Marlow) Verdi: Requiem; Asmik Grigorian, Deniz Uzan, Joshua Guerrero, Tareq Nazmi, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, […]
Elgar: The Kingdom; Francesca Chiejina, Sarah Connolly, Benjamin Hulett, Ashley Riches, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple; Royal Festival HallReviewed 29 January 2026 Having recorded the work last year, […]
Kate Lindsey, The English Concert, Harry Bicket at Wigmore Hall (Photo from Kate Lindsey’s Instagram feed) Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Op.6 No.1, Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in D minor Op.1 No.1 RV63 ‘La follia’; arias from Handel’s Agrippina, Handel: Overture-Suite from Rodrigo, […]
James Burton conducting Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Town Hall 2025 Ex Cathedra, the Birmingham-based choir, has announced that its founder Jeffrey Skidmore will retire as Artistic Director in Autumn 2027 after 57 years, with James […]
Next month, Helsinki-based mezzo-soprano, pianist and composer Maria Konoshenko releases Walkabout, the first official single from her forthcoming song cycle, Songs of Exile. The full album is scheduled for release in later this year on Michael […]
Steel City Choristers at Berlin Dom Last week, Steel City Choristers, the Sheffield charity pioneering a new grassroots cathedral-style choir, celebrated its 5th birthday. Steel City Choristers formed following the closure of Sheffield Cathedral Choir […]
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Continuo Foundation grantee Chelys Consort with Gwendolen Martin (soprano) & David de Winter (tenor) at Banbury Early Music Festival in September 2025 (Photo: Daniel Meikle) The Continuo Foundation is inviting UK-wide applications for its 11th round […]
Goldmark: The Queen of Sheba Suite; American Romantics, Kevin SherwinReviewed 26 January 2026 Highly popular during his lifetime and up until the 1930s, Goldmark’s first opera has languished rather. Here revived in an abbreviated concert suite, […]
Mozart: Don Giovanni at Wateerperry Opera Festival in 2025 (Photo: Julian Guidera) Waterperry Opera Festival has announced details of its 2026 season, the first under new artistic director John Savournin. Headline productions are Puccini’s La […]
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring, from Saturday 14 March to Monday 6 April 2026. A collaboration between Kew Gardens and the Royal College of Music will see the colourful flowering trees in Kew’s […]
