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Bach: Mass in B Minor – Arcangelo – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou) Bach: Mass in B minor; Jeanine De Bique, Eva Zaïcik, Hugh Cutting, Nick Pritchard, Florian Störtz, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen; BBC […]

Edward Longstaff: The History of Mr. Polly: Part One – Robin Bailey – Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Cockpit (Photo Claire Shovelton) Edward Longstaff: The History of Mr. Polly: Part One; Robin […]

Eight Days: Louis Mander – Louisa Petaï – Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Cockpit (Photo: Claire Shovelton) Eight Days: Louis Mander, Louisa Petaï; Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the CockpitReviewed […]

Joseph Wölfl in 1811 Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812) is hardly a name that springs to the lips. Born in Salzburg, the young Wölfl had lessons with Mozart’s father and with Michael Haydn, as well as taking […]

Patrick Lange Opera North‘s forthcoming Autumn season has an interesting element of compare and contrast to it. Patrick Nolan’s new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin will be conducted by the company’s music director, Garry Walker, […]

Elements – Charlotte Harding, Yshani Perinpanayagam, David Wallace, Simon Rowland-Jones, Laura Bowler, Andy Scott, Couperin, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach, Corelli; Huw Wiggin, Oliver Wass, Leander Kippenberg; Orchid ClassicsReviewed 4 September 2026 Using the four classical elements […]

National Children’s Choir of Great Britain’s Blue Choir & Soundabout in workshop (Photo: Milly March) A collaboration between the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) and Soundabout is now in its fourth year. The collaboration […]

The Red House, Aldeburgh (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Highlights of this very special weekend (Friday-Sunday, 4th-6th December) honouring the 50th anniversary of Britten’s death include performances of the composer’s Lachrymae, Saint Nicolas and the Oboe […]

Fromental Halévy (1799-1862) was one of the mainstays of French opera in the 19th century. A pupil of Cherubini, his opera La Juive (1835) would inaugurate the new Paris Opera at the Palais Garnier in […]

Concerto Copenhagen (Photo: Mathias loevgreen) One of the pleasures of programming the Lammermuir Festival is the opportunity to place different musical personalities alongside one another and invite audiences to listen for both connections and contrasts. […]