Founded in 2009, cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival is celebrating Youth and Experience in its 2024 festival which runs from 29 August to 1 September 2024, featuring concerts set in the stunning […]

Marschner: Der Vampyr – Milena Knauß – Gothic Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Marschner: Der Vampyr, in a version by Julia Mintzer & Kelly Lovelady; Giuseppe Pellingra, Milena Knauß, Jack Roberts, Amber Reeves, Conall O’Neill, Madeleine […]

Simon Callaghan and the Piatti Quartet at Conway Hall in December 2022 The 2024/25 season Conway Hall’s Sunday Concert series opens on 15 September 2024 when the Zoffany Ensemble returns to the hall with a […]

Michael Morpurgo’s 1999 book Kensuke’s Kingdom might have very modern concerns with its bringing issues about care for the environment and the natural world into what is a traditional adventure story, but the new animated film […]

Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le prophète; John Osborn, Elizabeth DeShong, Mané Galoyan, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, Lyons Opera Chorus, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, Mark Elder; LSO Live (with Palazzetto Bru Zane)Reviewed 12 […]

De Pasión Mortal: Songs from two golden ages; Henry Purcell, Claudio Monteverdi, Víctor Jara, Tomás Méndez, Silvio Rodríguez, Ariel Ramírez, Ñico Rojas, Rafael Hernández Marín; Nicolas Mulroy, Elizabeth Kenny, Toby Carr, Music for a While; […]

Barbican Quartet (Photo: Andrej Grilc) The Barbican Quartet (Amarins Wierdsma, violin, Kate Maloney, violin, Christoph Slenczka, viola, Yoanna Prodanova, cello) is so-named partly because the founding members, Amarins, Christoph and Yoanna met at the Guildhall […]

Beethoven: Violin Concerto – Tobias Feldmann, Anja Bihlmaier, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise) German conductor Anja Bihlmaier has been appointed principal guest conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, starting in September, working alongside […]

Glasgow Cathedral Festival in 2022 Glasgow Cathedral, the city’s oldest building, is hosting the eighth Glasgow Cathedral Festival from 19 to 22 September 2024, featuring a diverse programme of live music, film, art, multi-media collaborations, […]

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard – Stephen Gadd – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ellie Kurtz) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard; William Morgan, Matthew Kellett, Llio Evans, Ellie Laugharne, Samantha […]