Richard Watkins, Julius Drake and Sir James MacMillan take a bow in Middle Temple Hall, after the world premiere of MacMillan’s new work for horn & piano(Photo: Temple Music Foundation) Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Liederkreis […]
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Mark Wigglesworth and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Photo: BSO) Mark Wigglesworth is the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s new chief conductor and his first season in the role with the orchestra will feature five programmes in eleven concerts […]
Edith Ramos Guerra Border Crossings is bringing The Mouth of the Gods, an immersive theatrical celebration of Latin America’s Indigenous peoples to Hoxton Hall from 27 November to 1 December 2024. At the show’s core […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The Turn of the Screw: Charlotte Corderoy makes a notable conducting debut at ENO in a production anchored by Ailish Tynan's compelling performance")
Britten: The Turn of the Screw – Ailish Tynan – English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: Manuel Harlan) Britten: The Turn of the Screw; Ailish Tynan, Nicolai Flutter, Holly Hylton, Gweneth Ann Rand, Robert Murray, Eleanor […]
L to R: Charlie Coulson (Shepherd Brass Band), Audrey Brown, (Shepherd Brass Band)Cherry Fricker, (Executive Director, National Centre for Early Music) I Can Play with Brass Roots gained the National Award for Band Project of […]
National Youth Orchestra The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) opens 2025 with its Illuminate tour, when Jaime Martin will conduct the teenage musicians in Ravel’s Bolero, Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Catamorphosis and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 ‘Inextinguishable’, with concerts at […]
Vaughan Williams had a great fondness for Shakespeare and settings of Shakespeare’s texts thread their way through the composer’s life, from the songs The Willow Song (1897), and Orpheus With His Lute (1903), to the larger scale Serenade to […]
Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore – Dominic Sedgwick – Opera North, 2024 (Photo: © Richard H Smith) Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore: Amy Freston, Claire Pascoe, Dominic Sedgwick, Henry Waddington, Xavier Hetherington, Helen Evora, John Savournin, Steven […]
.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Beyond the idea of just four guys & their trombones: Slide-Action on their mission to create a new voice for the trombone")
Slide Action (Photo: Matt Jolly) Formed in 2018, the trombone quartet Slide Action (Huw Evans, Jamie Tweed, Benny Vernon and Josh Cirtina) has just released its first major album, their debut recital disc. On NMC […]
Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – James Newby, Peter Kirk, Siân Griffiths, Camilla Harris – Opera North, 2024 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; James Laing, Daisy Brown, Daniel Absalom, Camilla […]
