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Manchester Camerata at Wigmore Hall A series of high-profile concerts in Paris marked the centenary of the celebrated and distinguished Russian-born cellist, Valentin Berlinsky, founder and cellist of the Borodin String Quartet. Fantasia Orchestra launch residency at Smith Square Hall with Birdsong-themed concert Thinking about sound: Grieg’s Lyric Pieces on a modern piano from Alexander Ullmann & on historic pianos with unequal temperament from Ziad Kreidy Heavenly Harmony: for 2026, the London Handel Festival ranges from oratorio & opera seria to the more intimate, including the composer’s living room

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Slipped Disc July 5, 2025

Rare chance to see a mermaid

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Zemlinsky’s orchestral works are wonderfully scored and seldom performed.

Here’s your chance.

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Slipped Disc August 26, 2024

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Slipped Disc August 15, 2025

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Slipped Disc June 23, 2025

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One of the world’s less transparent orchestras, the Malta Philharmonic has been ordered to pay its former chief conductor Brian Schembri the amount of 168,000 Euros for breach of contract. Schembri was fired in 2017 […]