1851: Schumann & Moscheles Sonatas from Steven Isserlis & Connie Shih
Released on 30 January 2026, Hyperion’s beautiful new recording is inspired by a single year, 1851, concentrating on two major chamber works: 1851 is the year he piano make Érard won an award at the Great Exhibition […]
The Britten/Piper outlier: Owen Wingrave at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Owen Wingrave Music: Benjamin Britten Libretto: Myfanwy Piper, adapted from a story by Henry James Cast and Production Staff: Owen Wingave – Redmond Sanders; General Sir Philip – Adrian Thompson; Miss Wingrave – Avery Lafrentz; […]
Applications open for The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers with Sir James MacMillan & Brett Dean
Dumfries House where The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers takes place The Cumnock Tryst’s 2nd International Summer School for Composers will run from 22 to 28 August 2026 at Dumfries House. The […]
George Jeffreys & the Birth of the English Baroque
Byrd Bow thine eare. Jeffreys How wretched is the state. Felice pastorella. A music strange. Lawes Royal Consort Sett No. 4 – Pavan. Jeffreys O quam jucundum. Whisper it easily. The Lord is thy adversity. […]
Piatti Quartet’s new album of some wonderful music (and a couple of oddities).
Anyone who reads my blog knows I love the Piatti Quartet. It is interesting though, as is so often the case with many of today’s string quartets, some of their personnel keeps changing (particularly the […]
