Reclaiming Love: An Alternative Valentines – Britten, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Cole Porter, RVW, Brahms; Song in the City, Sam Cobb, Charlie Morris, Jonathan Hanley, Thomas Litchev, Gavin Roberts, Anna Reiley; St Giles Cripplegate14 February 2025 Billed […]
Michael Zev Gordn at site of his grandfather’s murder in Summer 1941 (image from DW video). Any human calamity raises thoughts about how such events might be referred to in music, and how an essentially […]
.jpg.webp?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Music in the Museum: London Transport Museum's Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum's gallery")
Starting today (14 February 2025) and running until 24 October 2025, the London Transport Museum’s Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum’s gallery at 2pm every Friday, apart from holidays. The young musicians […]
.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Make some noise to save the School of Music: Musicians gather in mass demonstration to protest proposed axing of Cardiff University’s School of Music on Saturday 22 February")
Last month (28 January), Cardiff University confirmed plans to close Cardiff University School of Music, a facility that has produced outstanding musicians, boasting a wealth of alumni, including lWelsh composers Karl Jenkins, Grace Williams and […]
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole – Stephane Deneve, Maria Duenas, The Cleveland Orchestra – Arsht Center, Miami Dvorak: Symphony No.8, Bizet: Suite from L’Arlesienne (compiled by Stephane Deneve), Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Maria Duenas, Cleveland Orchestra, Stephane Deneve; Adrienne Arsht […]
The Sounds of Blossom festival of music and nature is returning to Kew Gardens once again in collaboration with the Royal College of Music (RCM). From 15 March to 6 April 2025, visitors to Kew will […]
It seems to be a day for reporting on anniversaries. JAM (the John Armitage Memorial) is celebrating its 25th birthday with a concert at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street on 26 March 2025. The programme […]
Aged 18, Mozart wrote his comedy La finta giardiniera for Munich in 1775. After the premiere of La finta giardiniera, Mozart wrote home to his mother: “My opera turned out so well that it is […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Fifth Birthday: the Benedetti Foundation celebrates five years of delivering transformative experiences through mass music events")
Founder Nicola Benedetti at one of the Benedetti Foundation’s live Benedetti Sessions This year the Benedetti Foundation celebrates its fifth birthday; five years of delivering transformative experiences through mass music events, aiming to ensure equal […]
Cherubini: Médée – Lila Dufy, Joyce El-Khoury in Act One – Opéra Comique (Photo: Stefan Brion) Cherubini: Médée; Joyce El-Khoury, Julien Behr, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lila Dufy, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, director: Marie-Ève Signeyrole, Insula Orchestra, conductor: Laurence […]
