For their series Lights in the Dark at the Royal Festival Hall (with two concerts at the Royal Albert Hall), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and music director Vasily Petrenko explore the many ways in which […]
London Youth Opera’s latest production is a new opera, The Quest inspired by the Auden and Isherwood play, The Ascent of F6. The opera has a clear, contemporary message both for the young performers and for […]
As many of you are probably aware, the soprano Nadine Benjamin is suffering from severe and debilitating complications from Long Covid and she currently needs 24 hour care to keep her safe and help her get […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Fine-grained tone & classical style: Kyan Quartet in Beethoven, Schumann & Caroline Shaw at Conway Hall's Sunday Concert Series")
Andrey Razumovsky from 1810 by Austrian artist Lampi the Younger Caroline Shaw: Valencia, Schumann: Quartet in A, Op.41 No.3, Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte, Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2 ‘Razumovsky’; Kyan Quartet; Conway Hall Sunday ConcertsReviewed 8 […]
_Rémy%20Brès-Feuillet_Yuriy%20Mynenko_©_Clemens%20Manser_G.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Bayreuth goes to Venice: Cavalli's Pompeo Magno the centrepiece of the 2025 Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival")
Handel’s Flavio at Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival in 2023Rémy Brès-Feuillet (in bath), Yuriy Mynenko – (Photo: Clemens Manser) The Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival, based at the 18th century Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, will be […]
London Sinfonietta – Love Lines – Electra Perivolaris Love Lines: Judith Weir, James MacMillan, Peter Maxwell Davies, Electra Perivolaris; London Sinfonietta; Kings PlaceReviewed 6 December 2024 Contemporary Scottish music in a programme centred on Peter […]
Benjamin Appl in recital in 2020 Baritone Benjamin Appl has been having a busy time of it in the recording studio and has three contrasting albums out on Alpha Classics between now and May 2025, […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Engaging zest: Mike Leigh's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance returns to ENO with a cast mixing innocence & experience")
Gilbert & Sulllivan: The Pirates of Penzance – The Pirates: William Morgan, Gaynor Keeble, Henry Neill, & chorus – English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: Craig Fuller) Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance; Isabelle Peters, […]
The Songs of Thomas Pitfield: James Gilchrist, Nathan Williamson; Divine ArtReviewed 3 December 2024 Nearly 30 songs by a composer whose life almost spanned the 20th century. Full of lyrical impulse and often setting his […]
Described as “a journey through layers and roots in the pursuit of a revelatory vision“, classical guitarist Simon Thacker’s new disc, Songs of the Roma, (released this week on Slap the Moon Records) draws on […]
