NCEM Young Composers Award
NCEM Young Composers Award winners Ryan Collins and Charlotte Robertson with Ex Corde Last week (16 May 2024), the winners of the 17th National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award were announced. Presented in […]
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Making It at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
What does it mean to “make it” as an artist in the 21st century? From 11 to 28 June 2024, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama will be presenting Making It, a new festival […]
Calling women musicians: Watermill Theatre wants them to join its new play about Fanny Mendelssohn
Calum Finaly’s Fanny in rehearsal at Watermill Theatre (Photo: Pamela Raith Photography) When Queen Victoria invited Felix Mendelssohn to perform for her at a personal concert and play her favourite song, Italien, the composer had […]
Jack Bazalgette of ‘through the noise’ announced as next artistic director of Cheltenham Music Festival
Jack Bazalgette (Photo: Ehimetalor Unuabona) Since 2020, through the noise has programmed more than 130 classical music concerts in non-traditional venues using an innovative crowd-funding model to widen audience appeal [see my review of their recent […]
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and other keyboard works
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and other keyboard works; Bridget Cunningham; Signum ClassicsReviewed 20 May 2024 Demonstrating the 18th-century Britain had more than one distinguished harpsichord composer, this disc explores the engaging, complex and quirky […]
Ryedale Festival 2024: 58 concerts, 35 locations, 7 premieres and much more
The 2024 Ryedale Festival runs from 12 to 28 July, featuring 58 performances in 35 locations including Castle Howard, Sledmere, Hovingham Hall, Selby Abbey and Ampleforth. The festival features seven world and UK premieres. The […]
Celebrating diversity in classical music: Black Lives In Music presents Classically Black at Kings Place
Ayanna Witter-Johnson (Photo: Misan Harriman) Black Lives In Music (BLiM) is an organisation set up to address racial inequality in the music industry and create opportunities for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse musicians and professionals […]
Madeleine Mitchell and friends at Leighton House
Narcissus Hall, Leighton House. Image courtesy of Will Pryce. Violinist Madeleine Mitchell is joined by friends Kirsten Jensen (cello) and Julian Milford (piano) for a concert of piano trios at Leighton House on 11 […]
Combining disparate sounds with a bit of magic: Michel Godard and serpent in Göttingen
Atsushi Sakai (viola da gamba) and Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo) at PS.Halle, Einbeck Light the earth: Incantation: Handel, Jean de la Fontaine, Michel Lambert, Sieur de Saint Colombe, Marin Marais, Michel Godard; Michel Godard, Antje Rux, […]
Out of the Shadows: An evening of music by Brixton-based contemporary classical composer Robert Hugill
As part of 96 Festival, Omnibus Theatre, Clapham’s celebration of queerness and theatre, on 16 June 2024, tenor Ben Vonberg-Clark, baritone Jonathan Eyers and pianist Nigel Foster will be performing Out of the Shadows, featuring […]
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