.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Here be monsters: Music in the Round presents Jonathan Dove's The Monster in the Maze")
Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze was commissioned and first performed in 2015 by the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. A modern re-telling of the myth of the Minotaur (there is […]
Pierre-Gabriel BuffardinPrincipal flautist in the Hofkappelle in Dresden Bach: Cantatas BWV94, BWV114, BWV8, Buffardin: Flute Concerto in E minor; Hilary Cronin, Clint van der Linde, Charles Daniels, Edward Grint, Rachel Brown, London Handel Players, Adrian Butterfield; […]
Brighton Festival Chorus (BFC) was founded in 1968 and for that first performance they sang Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. BFC has gone on to have a long partnership with the Royal Philharmonic […]
Having given the UK premiere of Gounod’s opera La nonne sanglante in 2021, Gothic Opera are planning the UK stage premiere of another 19th century opera inspired by Matthew Gregory Lewis’ gothic novel, The Monk. At […]
Chelys Consort of Viols, one of 27 groups awarded grants in the Continuo Foundation’s eighth round The Continuo Foundation has just announced its eighth round of grants, with £100,000 going to 27 early music ensembles […]
Puccini: Il tabarro – Yvonne Howard, Natalya Romaniw – Welsh National Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Puccini: Il trittico, Dario Solari, Natalya Romaniw, Andrés Presno, Anne Mason, Haegee Lee, Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, director David McVicar/Greg Eldridge, […]
Alexander Schubert: Steady State – world premiere 7 May 2024 – Zubin Kanga at National Concert Hall, Dublin (Photo: Roisin Murphy O’Sullivan) Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga is known for both his championing of […]
.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Compelling performances: Stephen Hough, YL Male Voice Choir, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia launch Nordic Soundscapes")
Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Kullervo Sets Off for War(Mural, 1901, in the Old Student House, Helsinki University) Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans, Grieg: Piano Concerto; Sibelius: Kullervo; Stephen Hough, Johanna Rusanen, Tommi Hakala, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat (YL) Male Voice Choir, Philharmonia, […]
Dorset Garden Theatre in 1673 where Purcell’s The Fairy Queen premiered Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Antonia Christophers, Matthew Brook, Robin Blaze, Katy Hill, Alexandra Kidgell, Charlotte Mobbs, Mark Dobell, Oscar Golden Lee,, Ben Davies, The Sixteen, […]
London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir, musical director Dominic Ellis-Peckham, celebrated its 50th anniversary last season, and they are continuing the excitement with a 2024/25 season full of good things. The season […]
