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A real festival programme: varied lineups in music by Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich & Brahms at Hatfield House Music Festival Still remarkably youthful himself, Chromatica Orchestra’s new chief conductor Oliver Cope sees their role as developing the next generation of musical talent Music in anxious times: Hatfield House Music Festival opens with a captivating evening of music from the time the house first opened Celebrating John Joubert at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in advance of his 2027 centenary O’Hare Music Centre, Britten Pears Arts’ new hub for music education, participation and artist development

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Slipped Disc August 9, 2025

Keeping up with Alisa

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Our recent guest on the BBC Lebrecht Interview has been strutting her stuff with the Czech Philharmonic:

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Slipped Disc December 16, 2024

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Slipped Disc October 17, 2024

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Slipped Disc April 28, 2025

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Here, exclusively, is this week’s Apple Classical’s global streaming chart. The #1 and two other entries are by JS Bach: 1 J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion, […]