On the streets and in the sky: works by Jonathan Dove; Philippe Sly, Sacconi Quartet, Charles Owen & Katya Apekisheva; SIGNUM CLASSICSReviewed 19 March 2025 A diverse selection of Jonathan Dove’s music which celebrates friendships […]
Come Bargain with Uncanny Things – Virtually Opera, COLAB Tower (Photo: Claire Shovelton) In September last year I interviewed director and writer Leo Doulton [see my interview] and one of the topics we touched on […]
A caricature of a performance of Handel’s Flavio (from 1723) featuring Senesino and Francesca Cuzzoni with Berenstadt (far right) Handel’s opera Rodelinda was premiered 300 years ago this year, on 13 February 1725 at the King’s […]
Nicola Benedetti (Photo: Laurence Winram) The full programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival has been released, the third festival under Nicola Benedetti’s artistic directorship. This year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival […]
Pegasus Opera’s mentoring programme with Danielle de Niese in 2024 Pegasus Opera launched its opera mentoring programme in 2020 in response to the continued underrepresentation of classical artists of global majority heritage on the UK […]
Weber: Der Freischütz – The Wolf’s Glen Scene – Ilker Arcayürek, Manuel Winckhler – Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Photo: Annemie Augustijns) Weber: Der Freischütz; Louise Kemény, Ilker Arcayürek, Rosemary Hardy, Thomas Jesatko, director: Christoph Marthaler, conductor: […]
Rebecca Meltzer, Bertie Baigent & Guy Verrall-Withers with the Waterperry Opera Festival team in 2024 The arts administration world is relatively compact, which means that whenever someone moves there is a domino effect. The Grange […]
Cheltenham Music Festival 2023 Established in 1945 in the months following the Second World War, the Cheltenham Music Festival is celebrating 80 years this year. The festival was part of a post-war arts festival movement that also […]
Conway Hall Ethical Award: recipient Vivien Connacher and members of Songhaven with Conway Hall’s Carmen D’Cruz Last week (6 March 2025) Conway Hall presented its 2025 Ethical Gala, the annual celebration of their mission to […]
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Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes – Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra – Southbank Centre (Photo: Pete Woodhead for the Southbank Centre) Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes; Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor; selection […]
