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 […]
2024 New Voices Singing Competition: judging panel – Sir Andrew Lawson-Tancred, Robert Ogden, Edward Gardner OBE, Sholto Kynoch, Judith le Breuilly, George Ireland, Sir John Tomlinson; winners – Clara Orif and Jack Redman The New Voices […]
Atsushi Sakai (viola da gamba) and Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo) at PS.Halle, Einbeck for the 2024 Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen This year’s Göttingen International Handel Festival takes place from 16 to 25 May 2025, once more […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Another crazy day: Joe Hill-Gibbins' production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro returns to ENO reinvigorated, full of engaging performances")
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – English National Opera, 2025 (Photo: Zoe Martin) Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Mary Bevan, David Ireland, Nardus Williams, Cody Quattlebaum, Hanna Hipp, director: Joe Hill-Gibbins/Jenny Ogilvie, conductor: Ainārs Rubiķis; […]
My Heart’s in the Highlands: traditional, Schumann, Stuart MacRae, Liza Lehmann, Hahn; Glen Cunningham, Anna Tilbrook; DELPHIANReviewed 5 February 2025 For his debut recital, the young Scottish tenor takes us back to the Highlands of […]
Our Mother – Rowan Pierce, Emma Kirkby, Alexandra Achillea Pouta – Figure at Stone Nest in 2024 (Photo: Kristina Allen) Following their performances of Our Mother, the staging of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater alongside music by […]
