“There was a time when you could sit in silence without reaching for your phone, when you looked forward to long car rides for the space to think, when you would listen to an album […]
%20BBC%20Betsan%20Evans.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Innovative repertoire, worthy winners & talent development: looking back at the final of BBC Young Musician")
BBC Young Musician final, 20206 – Sofia Demetriades [Photo: BBC / Betsan Evans] It was heartening to hear three such talented young people in the BBC Young Musician 2026 final and to experience such imaginatively […]
Of Love & Transience: Berg, Ullmann, Korngold, Strauss; Paula Sides, Sergey Rybin; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 2 November 2026 Viktor Ullmann’s settings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning translated by Rilke provide the powerful centrepiece in a recital that […]
Orchestras Live: Culture Sounds [Photo: Chiara Dellerba] Orchestras Live is the charity that works to bring the thrill and connection of live orchestral music to people who might not otherwise encounter it, and to use those […]
St Frideswide in 14th century stained glass at Christ Church, Oxford [Photo: Wikimedia/Andrew Dunning] The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre is the University of Oxford’s new centre for the arts and humanities. The Hopkins Architects-designed buildings […]
Rachael Montesino Young (Photo: Stuart Wood) Cellist Rachael Montesino Young on the influence of Jacqueline du Pré, both of whom studied with William Pleeth, and looking forward to her concerts with London Virtuosi Ensemble. [see Robert’s […]
Samling Institute for Young Artists is celebrating its 30th birthday, that is 30 years of supporting early-career singers and pianists and through its innovative Samling Academy that has transformed the landscape for classical singers growing […]
Jonathan Dove’s 2015 community opera, The Monster in The Maze was written for Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Following those 2015 UK performances the work had to wait […]
Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Jacques Imbrailo, Haegee Lee, Richard Wiegold, Grace Durham, Jay Broadhurst, Chelsea Opera Group, Jonathan Cole-Swinard; Cadogan HallReviewed 1 November 2026 Thomas’s Hamlet might not be quite top-drawer grand opera, but with superb […]
Halévy: La Dame de Pique – Gothic Opera at Battersea Arts Centre [Photo: Craig Fuller] Fromental Halévy: La Dame de Pique; Grace O’Malley, James Hutchings, Sam Utley, Charlie Epps, Alice Usher, director: Jonny Danciger, conductor: […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "The Song Within: Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a programme expanding the boundaries of the song recital")
