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Vom Himmel hoch – Luther’s hymn in a 1541 songbookUsed by Bach in his Magnificat in E Flat Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Stradella, Purcell, Bach: Magnificat in E Flat; Ciara Skerath, Katie Bray, Jess Dandy, James Way, […]

Verdi: Rigoletto – Bernardo Medeiros (Rigoletto)Palm Beach Opera (Photo: Coastal Click Photography) Opera Up-Close: Unveiling the dramatic process with Paul Curran; Paul Curran, Palm Beach Opera; The Cornelia T. Bailey Opera Center; Palm Beach, Florida14 […]

There is a week celebrating the viola at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead, as it hosts the Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions from 19 to 26 January 2025. Named for two great English violists, […]

Temple Music has announced an intriguing range of events for 2025, with everything from Rameau and Wagnerian opera to song recitals from Helen Charlston and Roderick Williams. Things kick of in January 2025 with Handel’s […]

Robert Kahn Robert Kahn, Robert Schumann, Erich Korngold, Paul Hindemith; Florian Störtz, Aleksandra Myslek; City Music Foundation at Tallow Chandlers’ HallReviewed 16 December 2024 Forbidden by the Nazis and forced to feel to England in […]

Colin Matthews Whilst most people are still frantically planning for Christmas, the good folk at Britten Pears Arts are thinking much further ahead and have announced the highlights of the 2025 Aldeburgh Festival which runs […]

The chapel of the Foundling Hospital where Handel performed Messiah annually Handel: Messiah; Anna Devin, Tim Mead, Nick Pritchard, Cody Quattlebaum, Academy of Ancient Music, Laurence Cummings; Barbican HallReviewed 16 December 2024 Sometimes avoiding traditional […]

Back in June 2024 Vache Baroque staged six multi-sensory concert experiences of Handel’s L’Allegro Part I (setting a text based on Milton) in collaboration with BitterSuite (a group that creates music experiences that take inspiration […]

Sinfonia Smith Square Sinfonia Smith Square (formed from the merger of Southbank Sinfonia and St John’s Smith Square) has been awarded £452,035 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund for upgrades to Smith Square Hall. The […]

Stephen Goss Composer Stephen Goss has a new triple album out, Landscape and Memory on Deux-Elles, which showcases his recent work and celebrates his 60th birthday. The disc includes everything from music for solo guitar […]