Martha Argerich (Photo: Adriano Heitman) B:Music is the charity responsible for Birmingham Symphony Hall, home of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), and Town Hall, the city’s most iconic historic building, each year welcoming […]
NCEM Young Composers Award – Edward Tait, joint winner of the 19 to 25 years category(Photo: Charlie Kirkpatrick) Winners of the National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award 2026, presented partnership with BBC Radio […]
When faced with an established masterpiece that requires performing forces outside their capabilities many ensembles can only look on enviously. Mozart’s Requiem does not make outrageous demands, but its requirements are still a cut above the average […]
The lives of Brummies, the lives of lost venues – the lives we live online, the lives we lived in the past. Birmingham Opera Company’s latest project, RE-WIRE brings together six short contemporary operas in one production […]
Peter Tranchell (Courtesy: Independent Society of Musicians) Peter Tranchell: Tu es Petrus in fuga, Seven Pieces in Alphabetical Order, The Dog That Sat, No more of THEE and ME, Twice a Kiss, Maho Ishizaka: Tickle […]
Helen Charlston (Photo: Julien Gazeau) On 8 May, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston has a new solo disc out on BIS. It is something of a contrast with her two previous recital discs one of which focused […]
MOURN: music by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Cesti, Gesualdo plus folk music from Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean; Figure, Frederick Waxman, Alkanna Graeca Reviewed 16 April 2026 Pairing Eastern European folk traditions, many polyphonic, with 16th and 17th century […]
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Jasdeep Singh Degun (Photo: Govert Driessen) Leeds-born sitar player and composer Jasdeep Singh Degun continues to push the envelope. His recent concert with Tom Featherstonhaugh and Fantasia Orchestra [see my review] served as a digest […]
The Guildhall of St George in King’s Lynn (Image: Matthew Usher) Founded in 1951, the King’s Lynn Festival has a long and distinguished history. It arose because Alexander Penrose and Lord and Lady Fermoy wanted […]
Through the Centuries: Songs by Madeleine Dring; Kitty Whately, Julius Drake; ChandosReviewed 15 April 2026 If you thought Madeleine Dring’s songs were confined to camp nightclubs then think again. Here Kitty Whately and Julius Drake […]
