On 10 October 2025, World Mental Health Day, some of London’s brightest queer artists will perform at St Giles Cripplegate to shine a spotlight on suicide and drug-related death crisis in the LGBTQ+ community in a charity concert […]
Schubert with friends Johann Baptist Jenger & Anselm Huttenbrenner – Chalk drawing, 1827, by Josef Eduard Teltscher Schubert: Schwanengesang, Piano Sonata in B flat D960; Matthias Goerne, David Fray; Wigmore HallReviewed 9 September 2025 Matthias […]
Richard Barnard, Richard Gowers, Roxanna Panufnik, Matilda Lloyd, Deborah Pritchard, Owain Park at St George’s Hanover Square for the launch of Fantasia (Photo: Dominik Zaczek) In July, I met up with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd for […]
Palestrina 500: Palestrina, Pierre de Manchicourt, William Byrd, Lassus, Victoria; Augsburger Domsingknaben, I Fedeli, Stefan Steinemann; ARS ProduktionReviewed by Andreas Rey (7 September 2025) A brotherhood in which noise would be replaced by silence, in […]
From 24 to 28 September 2025 it is the Chelsea History Festival with a wide range of activities at the National Army Museum, the Chelsea Physic Garden and the Royal Hospital Chelsea. On the opening […]
Nadia and Lili Boulenger, photographed in 1913. Nigel Foster’s London Song Festival returns next month for a season of 10 concerts exploring the work of women composers. As ever, the concerts are at Hinde Street […]
Bliss: The Beatitudes – Elizabeth Watts, Laurence Kilsby, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sakari OramoBBC Proms (Photo: Chris Christodoulou/ BBC) Ruth Gips: Death on the Pale Horse, Grieg: Piano Concerto, Bliss: The Beatitudes; Elizabeth Watts, Laurence […]
Angel of Peace: Hildegard of Bingen, Arvo Pärt, Will Todd, Anna Clyne, John Taverner; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Sarah Sexton; Church of St Martin in the FieldsReviewed 5 September 2025 The Sixteen’s 25th Choral Pilgrimage mixes the […]
Conductors aren’t born, they’re forged. With this bold statement the Forge choral conducting mentorship has been launched. A mentoring programme for aspiring choral conductors, Forge has been founded by choral conductors Tori Longdon and Greg […]
RNS Moves RNS Moves, the ensemble made up of professional disabled musicians and non-disabled members of Royal Northern Sinfonia, will make its London debut on 21 September at Kings Place, performing a programme that brings […]
