The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth is on 16 December 2025. Musical celebrations, however, seem somewhat sparse and Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park apart, there seem to be few occasions where Austen’s text has found […]
Puccini: La Boheme – Opera North (Photo: Richard H Smith) Puccini: La boheme; Joshua Blue, Isabela Diaz, Katie Bird, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, Han Kim, Sean Boylan, director: Phyllida Lloyd/James Hurley, conductor Catriona Beveridge; Opera North […]
Handel: Susanna – Anna Dennis – Opera North, Phoenix Dance Theatre (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Handel: Susanna; Anna Dennis, James Hall, Matthew Brook, Claire Lees, Colin Judson, Karl Haml, Opera North, Phoenix Dance Theatre, director: Olivia […]
James Pearson & Lizzie Ball (Photo: Monika C Jakubowska) In February 2026, the upstairs space at Ronnie Scott‘s will reopen as Upstairs at Ronnie’s, a newly reimagined 140-capacity music venue following a significant refurbishment. The […]
When I spoke to composer Libby Croad earlier this year [see my interview, ‘Something juicy that you can get your teeth into’] she was just starting work on a new piece for the Dionysius Ensemble. […]
Hans Krasa: Brundibar – Kayla Farrell (Brundibar) – Sarasota Opera (Sarasota Youth Opera) Raise up your voice: Intolerance through the voices of children: Prologue created by Martha Collins and Jesse Martins, Hans Krasa: Brundibar; director: […]
Odaline de la Martinez (Photo: Malcolm Crowther) Born in Cuba, and brought up in the USA, and based in the UK, in this guest posting composer and founder of Lontano Ensemble, Odaline de la Martinez […]
John Blow by Robert White, line engraving, published 1700 NPG D1075 © National Portrait Gallery, London Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures; Raise, raise the voice, Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry […]
Brixton Chamber Orchestra’s annual Christmas Estates Tour is back for 2025. From 12 to 21 December 2025, the orchestra will be taking seasonal setlist around Lambeth. There will be something for everyone – from classical and […]
A Christmas Gaiety 2022: Peaches Christmas and Edwin Outwater The Royal Northern Sinfonia is certainly going all out for Christmas in the season at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music as well as on tour. […]
