The Radio 4 Appeal is a weekly 3-minute programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations to support its activities. This week the focus is on the Benedetti Foundation, with a short […]
Federico García Lorca finished his play Así que pasen cinco años in 1931, five years to the day before he was executed. If was never produced during Lorca’s lifetime and he said it would be impossible […]
This afternoon (19 January 2026) SWAP’ra’s wonderfully enterprising Rebecca Clarke Song Competition reaches its semi-final rounds as 17 duos compete for a place in the final, which takes place at the Royal Overseas League on Saturday […]
Manuscript score, signed by the composer and the performers of the premiere One of England’s greatest choral works, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, has excitingly been put centre stage in Alan Bennett’s brand-new film The […]
Martha Argerich at KKL Luzern (Photo: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester) Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.5 No.2, Violin Sonata in major Op.47 ‘Kreuzer’, Debussy: En blanc et noire, Prelude a l’apres-midid d’un faune; Mischa Maisky, Janine Jansen, Martha Argerich, Stephen […]
%20Sasha%20Gusov.JPG.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Le Piano Symphonique, Lucerne: pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a marathon from Prokofiev to Alkan & Medtner with an Anders Hillborg premiere")
Alexandre Kantorow (Photo: Sasha Gusov) Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, Haydn: Andante mit variationen in F minor; Alkan: Symphonie pour piano seul, Op. 39; Schaghajegh Nosrati; Le Piano Symphonique at Hotel Schweizerhof, LuzernProkofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in […]
Alexandra Dovgan (Photo: Vladimir Volkov) Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito, Piano Concerto No. 20, Bach: Toccata in E minor, Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor; Alexandra Dovgan, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Robin Ticciati; Le Piano Symphonique at KKL […]
David Allinson and The Renaissance Singers at Holy Sepulchre London, The Renaissance Singers is a chamber choir with a difference. One of London’s leading non-professional vocal groups, for over 80 years it has specialised in […]
Statue of 8th-century Japanese Master Kūkai The 8th-century Japanese Master Kūkai journeyed across the sea to Tang-China to study Esoteric Buddhism under the revered monk, Master Huiguo. Returning to Japan in the year 806, he […]
Built as The New Grand Theatre of Varieties in 1900 by a consortium of music-hall artistes, the Grand in Clapham has been through various vicissitudes including periods as a cinema and bingo hall, going dark for […]
