Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director
The London Festival of Baroque Music at Smith Square Hall, 2025 The London Festival of Baroque Music returns to Smith Square Hall from 24 to 31 October 2026, again with countertenor Iestyn Davies as artistic […]
The next generation of composers: ORA Singers’ Young Composers’ Showcase at Kings Place
Suzi Digby & ORA Singers at Kings Place ORA Singers’ Young Composers’ Programme was set up in 2019 to tackle the decline in music provision in state schools. Now in its seventh iteration, each year […]
Beyond the Gothic melodrama: Opera Holland Park revives Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera with Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari, Rosalind Plowright, dir: Rodula Gaitanou, City of London Sinfonia, cond: Michael Papadopoulos; Opera Holland ParkReviewed 25 July 2026 Superbly sung with a real sense of the […]
“Un ballo in maschera”: Verdi’s Gustavo III
Gustavo III was written for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Gustavo III by Eugene Scribe was the chosen subject (1833), a play about the assassination of the King of Sweden in 1792 by noblemen […]
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Virtuosity & discipline: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London in Respighi’s Roman trilogy & Walton’s Cello Concerto
Walton: Cello Concerto – Jonathan Aasgaard, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London – BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou) Verdi: Overture to La forza del destino, Walton: Cello Concerto, Respighi: Roman […]
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