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Pianist Zubin Kanga returns to the Southbank Centre on 17 October 2026 with a host of premieres in a double bill of Ghost in the Machine + After Dark: Club Cyborg. Zubin Kanga is currently […]
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Beautifully curated: Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton explore all manner of obsession in Reason in Madness at Oxford International Song Festival
Reason in Madness: Gösta Nystroem, Alma Schindler-Mahler, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf, Duparc, Koechlin, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Chausson, Poulenc; Klara Solén, George Herbert, Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton; Oxford International Song Festival at Holywell Music RoomReviewed 11 […]
Britten in Love: Robin Tritschler & Malcolm Martineau explore the composer’s emotional life through his music
Britten & Lennox Berkeley (Photo: https://www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk) Britten in Love: Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten; Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau; Oxford International Song Festival at Holywell Music RoomReviewed 11 October 2026 Songs from Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten […]
Immortal Mozart: Katharina Ruckgaber, Martin Häßler & Sholto Kynoch bring a light touch to their exploration of Schubert’s admiration for Mozart
Schubert’s diary in 1816 Immortal Mozart: Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Salieri; Katharina Ruckgaber, Martin Häßler, Sholto Kynoch; Oxford International Song Festival at Garsington StudiosReviewed 11 October 2026 Inspired by Schubert’s admiration of Mozart, a playful yet […]
Lived experience: Matthias Goerne & Tamara Stefanovich in Schubert’s Winterreise at Oxford International Song Festival
Tamara Stefanovich, Matthias Goerne at Salzburg Easter Festival in 2025 [Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli] Schubert: Winterreise; Matthias Goerne, Tamara Stevanovich; Oxford International Song Festival at Olivier Hall, St Edward’s School Reviewed 10 October 2026 The further along […]
Words & music: at Oxford International Song Festival’s opening weekend academics & performers combine for Defining Love
Defining LoveEmily Pillinger, Stephanie Oade, Fiona Macintosh, Elenora Pertz, Valerie Eickhoff Holywell Music Room, Oxford International Song Festival Defining Love: Satie, Schindler-Mahler, Britten, Schumann, Korngold, Faure, Schubert, Strauss, Mozart, Rodgers & Hart; Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora […]
Reinventing the lute song: countertenor Iestyn Davies & harpist Oliver Wass in John Dowland, Purcell, Nico Muhly & Britten at Hatfield House Music Festival
Iestyn Davies & Oliver Wass at Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival Sweeter than Roses: Trabacci, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Purcell, Dowland, Muhly, Britten, Handel; Iestyn Davies, Oliver Wass; Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival in the Marble […]
Delight in small things: the Telekom Beethoven Competition winner, Seth Schultheis in recital at Hatfield House Music Festival
Seth Schultheis [Photo: Norbert Ittermann] Beethoven, Elizabeth Ogonek, Schumann; Seth Schultheis; Hatfield House Music Festival in the Marble HallReviewed 9 October 2026 The 2025 Telekom Beethoven Competition Winner in an engagingly varied programme that found […]
A real festival programme: varied lineups in music by Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich & Brahms at Hatfield House Music Festival
Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Ethel Bridge by Unknown photographer snapshot print NPG x15184 © National Portrait Gallery, London Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich, Brahms; Musicians of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; 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
Oliver Cope Oliver Cope was recently appointed as chief conductor of Chromatica Orchestra, making him one of youngest conductors in the country to hold a titled position with a professional orchestra. He was a prize-winner […]
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