J.M.Synge’s Riders to the Sea at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Ralph Vaughan Williams’ operatic masterpiece, Riders to the Sea, his 1927 one-act opera remains something of a neglected gem, to a certain extent because no-one […]
Salzburg – Hofstallgasse at Night (Photo: TSG Breitegger) For Markus Hinterhäuser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, the main theme of the 2025 Festival (18 July to 31 August 2025) can be summed up in […]
Inner Temple Hall in its modern incarnation built in the 1950s Handel: Solomon; Tim Mead, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, Frances Gregory, Anna Dennis, James Way, Morgan Pearse, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh; Temple Music […]
The Dead – Niamh Cusack, The Fourth Choir, Jamie Powe – Wilton’s Music Hall (Photo: Kathleen Holman) The Dead: James Joyce, Sarah MacDonald, Rhona Clarke, Robert Parsons, Bellini, Aine Mallon, Joanna Marsh, Samuel Barber, Healey […]
Suzi Digby at ORA Singers’ Graduate Composer scheme ORA Singers is looking for young composers as their 2025 Graduate Composers scheme and their 2025 Young Composers scheme are both open for applications. The 2025 Graduate […]
Lauter! Ethel Smyth, inti figgis-vizueta;Ying Wang; ensemble reflektor, Holly Hyun Choe; Solaire RecordsReviewed 14 January 2025 Ethel Smyth’s earliest orchestral work alongside contemporary pieces by inti figgis-vizueta and Ying Wang in an intriguing programme that brings a […]
Song in the City’s Creative Minds in Song Song in the City is an artist-led charity directed by Gavin Roberts and Rebecca Cohen that aims to take classical music out of its comfort zone, using the […]
William Walton: Complete Song Collection; Siân Dicker, Krystal Tunnicliffe, Saki Kato; DELPHIANReviewed 12 January 2025 Shedding a light on Walton’s small but valuable song output from remarkable early songs to the late masterpieces, all performed […]
Photo: Antonio Beato, 19th centuryBrooklyn Museum Greek Songs: Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Conradin Kreutzer, Ludwig Berger, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Lennox Berkeley, Ravel: Robin Tritschler, Jonathan Ware; Wigmore HallReviewed 8 January 2025 Composers different ideas of Greece from […]
Handel: Messiah – Manchester Baroque at Manchester Cathedral in December 2024 (Photo: Tom Bowles) Continuo Foundation is inviting applications for funding early music concerts, tours and other projects taking place between May and October 2025, […]
