Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Timothy Nelson, Galina Averina – Wild Arts (Photo: Allan Titmuss) Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Timothy Nelson, Galina Averina, Xavier Hetherington, Hannah Sandison, Emily Hodkinson, Sion Goronwy, Rozanna Madlyus, director: Dominic Dromgoole, conductor: […]
Frigyes Hidas, Simon Milton, David Maslanka, Satoshi Yagisawa; Peter Cigleris, Györ Symphonic Band, László Marosi, Ferenc Szabó; SOMMReviewed 9 September 2025 Four contrasting contemporary works for the intriguing combination of clarinet and wind orchestra played […]
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On 4 October, 2025, Central Hall Westminster will host the UK premiere of German composer Sven Helbig’s Requiem A. Performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra, four renowned European choirs, and bass René Pape, with live […]
The Composers Edition website handily explains the musical term Acousmatic as follows: A predominately European term Acousmatic simply refers to musical works which exist solely as audio or ‘fixed’ media, now most commonly delivered […]
Johann Joseph Abert – Ein musikalisches Portrait; ARS ProduktionReviewed by Andreas Rey (17 September 2025) An ethnic German born in the Sudetenland area of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), Johann Joseph Abert studied at the […]
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Cavalli: Pompeo Magno – Nicolò Balducci (Sesto), Mariana Flores (Issicratea) – Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2025 (Photo: © Clemens Manser Photography) Cavalli’s opera Pompeo Magno (Pompey the Great) was premiered in Venice in 1666 at […]
Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis, O Holy Father Nicholas, Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen, Fur Jan van Eyck, Kleine Litanei, And I heard a voice; Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve; ECM RecordsReviewed 15 September 2025 Jan-Eik Tulve & his ensemble […]
Wine, Music & Song is a fundraising concert in aid of Music in Hospitals & Care which takes place in the glorious 17th century surroundings of St James Garlickhythe Church. The varied programme will feature […]
On 28 September 2025 at Leeds Conservatoire, baritone Huw Montague Rendall and pianist Joseph Middleton open the 2025/26 concert season of Leeds Song, of which Middleton is the artistic director, with a performance of Schubert’s Die […]
Véronique Gens Gounod, Hahn, Saint-Saens, Ravel, Ropartz, Duparc, Debussy, Canteloube, Louiguy, Marguerite Monnot, Weill, Kern, Willson; Véronique Gens, James Baillieu; Wigmore HallReviewed 12 September 2025 A masterly exploration of highways and byways of over a […]
