Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Making It Festival returns from 8 to 26 June 2026: a three-week celebration of new, original work made by Guildhall School’s vibrant and multi-skilled community. The festival asks what […]
Leslie Olive rehearsing the Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra in St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds (Photo: Bill Hiskett) Mendelssohn’s Old Testament oratorio, Elijah – the culmination of the composer’s life’s work and an ‘epic’ on a […]
Kerensa Briggs & Harry Christophers at the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich (Photo: The Sixteen) Lead Kindly Light: Christobal de Morales, Sebastian de Vivanco, James MacMillan, Kerensa Briggs; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; 2026 Choral Pilgrimage at […]
Angel’s Bone by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek English National Opera at Aviva Studios, Manchester Du Yun: Angel’s Bone – English National Opera at Aviva Studios (Photo: Tristram Kenton) English National Opera presented the […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra & Joanna MacGregor (Photo: Frances Marshall) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director, pianist Joanna MacGregor are joined by a host of talent for the orchestra’s 2026/27 season. Violinist Nigel Kennedy, who […]
Sphinx Organization in the UK – Amiri Harewood, Nathan Amaral, Sterling Elliott, Celia Hatton, Elena Urioste The Sphinx Organization is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians. Based […]
The Richard Shephard Music Foundation’s 2026 Music Day takes places on 24 June 2026 at York St John University. During the course of the day, over 400 schoolchildren from across the region will take part […]
Neue Bahnen – Schumann’s final article for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in 1853 Schumann’s magazine, Neue Zeitschrift für;Musik, is best known for the composer’s own, often important, pronouncements about contemporary music. It was where […]
As well as being having a year-long residency at Kings Place as part of Memory Unwrapped [see my article] composer, songwriter and producer Renell Shaw is extending his practice in other ways as part of […]
Ben Goldscheider Anna Clyne: Sirens, Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor; Ben Goldscheider, Laurence Kilsby, London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham; Church of St Martin in the FieldsReviewed […]
