Johann Nepomuk Hummel is known as much for being a pupil of Mozart and Haydn as for his actual music. A virtuoso pianist himself, he wrote a significant amount of piano music but there is […]
John Weldon: The Judgement of Paris; Helen Charlston, Kitty Whately, Anna Dennis, Thomas Walker, Jonathan Brown, Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge Handel Opera Company, Julian Perkins; AAMReviewed 1 April 2025 Stylishly engaging performances highlight the […]
Maxim Emelyanychev and Scottish Chamber Orchestra Amazingly, 2025/26 will be Maxim Emelyanychev’s seventh season as principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and he will be presenting ten programme with the orchestra during the season, along […]
David Butt Philip & Friends Gala – David Butt Philip – St Paul’s Opera, Clapham‘Falke, falke, du wiedergefundener’ from Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten David Butt Philip & Friends Gala: Bizet, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, […]
Ryedale Festival at Lastingham Church The Ryedale Festival is in its 44th year and under the guidance of pianist Christopher Glynn, returns from 11 to 27 July 2025 for 57 performances in 33 spectacular locations […]
Arthur Pryor, Gordon Langford, Phoebe Palmer Knapp, Erik William Gustav Leidzén, George Bassman, Simon Dobson, Philip Sparke; Peter Moore, Tredegar Band, Ian Porthouse; Chandos RecordsReviewed 28 March 2025 Trombonist Peter Moore joins forces with Tredegar […]
Fotina Naumenko and the performers on Bespoke Songs Fotina Naumenko is an American soprano of Russian heritage. Her album Bespoke Songs on New Focus Recordings was nominated for a 2025 Grammy for Best Classical Solo […]
With the 2025 London Handel Festival in full swing, it is presenting a new staged double bill, Tales of Apollo and Hercules. Directed by Tom Guthrie, with David Bates conducting La Nuova Musica, plus New English […]
Wagner: Die Walküre – Sarah Wegener, Maximilian Schmitt, Åsa Jäger – Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Photo: Oliver Killig) The prospect of varied events to treasure in Dresden as the Dresdner Musikfestspiele’s (Dresden Music Festival) historically informed Ring […]
Richard Strauss: Elektra – Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2015 (Photo: Bettina Stöß) Richard Strauss: Elektra, Intermezzo; Doris Soffel, Elena Pankratova, Camilla Nylund, Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductors: Thomas Søndergard, Donald Runnicles, directors: Tobias Kratzer, Kirsten HarmsReviewed […]
