South Cotswold Big Sing Group Artistic director Jack Bazalgette has announced the full programme for the 81st Cheltenham Music Festival which runs from 3 to 11 July 2026. Bazalgette, promises “a chance to bring all […]
Riana Duncan cartoon from Punch (1988) – From Flickr Women and power: Maddalena Casulana, Isabella de’ Medici, Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, Settimia Caccini, Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Claudia Sessa, Errollyn Wallen; Nardus Williams, Elizabeth Kenny, Mary […]
Edward Lambert: In Five Years’ Time – James Schouten, Chris Murphy – The Music Troupe (Photo: Claire Shovelton) Edward Lambert: In Five Years’ Time; James Schouten, Rosalind Dobson, Mae Heydorn, Lucy Gibbs, Fiona Hymns, Jean-Max […]
Ute Lempe (Photo: Steffen Thalemann) Ute Lemper: Berlin Cabaret; Ute Lempe, conductor: Robert Ziegler; Cambridge Music Festival at Cambridge Corn Exchange Reviewed by Tony Cooper, 5 March 2026 As part of the Cambridge Music Festival, […]
Emily Andrews & Francisco Correa during the recording of From Honey to Ashes Later this month, the Deux Elles label is issuing a two-disc set of music by composer Stephen Goss for flute and guitar […]
Handel/Renioult/Duarte: Titus l’Empereur; Steffen Jespersen, Rachel Redmond, Chiara Hendrick, Hugo Hymas, Lucija Vaarsic, Edward Grint, Francis Gush, Opera Settecento, Leo Duarte; London Handel Festival at St George’s Church, Hanover SquareReviewed 5 March 2026 Handel’s tantalising unfinished, […]
Dumfries House where The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers takes place The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers will run from 22 to 28 August 2026 at Dumfries House. The […]
Andrew Downes (1950-2023) During 2026 Prima Facie is releasing three albums celebrating the choral works of the late Andrew Downes conducted by David Trippett. The first disc is released this month (March 2026) and features […]
Mosaic Seasons was founded in 2023 by composer Tatiana Svetlova as a classical music festival based in the South of France and Monaco. The festival envisions envisions a creative dialogue between music, poetry, art, and […]
Double, Double Toil & Trouble : Palisander Reviewed 24 February 2025 An engaging look at music for recorder inspired by the mystical and magical spanning 900 years from Hildegard of Bingen through to the winner of the BBC […]
