“Consider the scenario where all live, organically-produced music, whether professional or amateur, suddenly vanished globally. The absence would profoundly affect people everywhere.” The above comes from a statement released by Music Will Save The World, […]
9 Church Walk, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, home of Imogen Holst from 1964 to 1984 (Photo: © Historic England Archive) A relatively unassuming modernist house in Aldeburgh, 9 Church Walk, has just been listed at Grade II […]
Sholto Kynoch & Helen Charlston in rehearsal (Image from YouTube video) Notes of Old: Mompou, Hahn, Monteverdi, Bach, Schubert, Bach arranged by György Kurtág, Anna Semple Pauline Viardot, Ravel, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Schumann; Helen Charlston, Sholto […]
Gavin Higgins: Horn Concerto, Fanfare, Air and Flourishes, The Faerie Bride; Ben Goldscheider, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Roderick Williams, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jaime Martin, Martyn Brabbins; LyritaReviewed 25 February 2025 Two […]
The Winchester Chamber Music Festival, artistic director Kate Gould, returns from 2 to 5 May 2025 for the 18th festival, with a wide range of performances, schools performances, family concerts, talks and masterclasses at venues […]
I am never really sure about lists of things, the Top 50 Best whatevers. However, finding out that you are in such a list is terribly seductive, even if you wonder how the list has […]
For the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the PRS Foundation’s New Music 20×12 showcased a range of short (no longer than 15 minutes) pieces by contemporary music creators. Renamed New Music Biennial, the festival has become a showcase […]
Poster for the première performance of Édouard Lalo’s Le roi d’Ys. During the 19th century, many French composers became fascinated by Wagner and his operas. Not every composer managed as balanced an attitude as Gabriel Fauré […]
,%20Jessica%20Cale%20(Giulietta)%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Musical magic moments: Bellini's The Capulets & the Montagues at English Touring Opera takes us firmly into the 1950s and New York's mean streets")
Bellini: The Capulets & the Montagues – Brenton Spiteri, Jessica Cale, Masimba Ushe – English Touring Opera, 2025 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Bellini: The Capulets and the Montagues; Jessica Cale, Samantha Price, Brenton Spiteri, […]
Matthias Wiesner, Lynn Arnold & Peter Mallinson recording Two Violas: Regeneration at St Peter’s Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent in 2024 Viola players Peter Mallinson and Matthias Wiesner have been exploring the perhaps surprising yet remarkably […]
