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This year’s Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF), Bringers of Dreams, runs from 2 to 25 October 2026 with events focused on the four weekends. The BREMF Emerging Artist scheme is an important part of the Festival. […]
Carlo Rizzi & Nicola Alaimo recording Donizetti for Opera Rara (Photo: Simon Weir) Donizetti & Friends: Donizetti, Rossini, Bellini, Mercadante; Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi, Hetty Snell; Wigmore HallReviewed 16 June 2026 Superb bel canto technique […]
Christina Rossetti’s 1862 poem Goblin Market tells the story of sisters Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted with fruit by goblin merchants. The poem is interpreted frequently as having features of remarkably sexual imagery, and has been viewed […]
The Latvian Music Information Centre (LMIC) has launched an online sheet music store on its website offering a growing selection of previously unpublished works by Latvian composers. The LMIC sheet music store currently offers nearly one hundred […]
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande – Myrna Tennant, Camilla Seale, Phoebe Rayner – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade; Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister; Der Tod und das Mädchen; Erlkönig; Lise Davidsen soprano, James […]
This July, York Early Music Festival celebrates its 50th edition, running from 3 to 11 July 2026 under the title Beyond Borders, and featuring some of the UK’s most extraordinary medieval churches, historic buildings and […]
Viljandi is an historic town in southern Estonia, founded in 1283, situated on the north-western shore of Lake Viljandi and surrounded by forest. The town is notable for its ruined castle and collection of historic […]
Franco Fagioli with the Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles & Stefan Plewniak in Divonne-les-Bains in April 2026 (Photo: Jean-Christophe Cassagnes.) The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti – Rossini, Nicolini, Bonfichi, Rode, Zingarelli, Mercadante; Franco […]
Violetta Suvini (Photo: Marleen Annema) On 10 July 2026 at Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, violinist Violetta Suvini is joined by friends, Hana Mizuta-Spencer (violin), Dominic Stokes (viola) and Nina Kiva (cello) for Violetta Suvini […]
Imogen Whitehead with flugelhorn The flugelhorn has its origins in a German type of hunting horn. In early 18th century Germany, a ducal hunt leader known as a Flügelmeister used a Flügelhorn to direct his […]
