George Enescu, in October 1888, aged seven, become the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory (and the first non-Austrian), from which he graduated at the age of twelve. Quiet a precocious child, then. […]
11th century St Hubert’s Church stands alone in a field in Hampshire on the South Downs near Rowlands Castle. Inside are nationally important medieval wall paintings. Outside, the Idsworth valley around it is beautiful. In 2026, […]
Stockhausen’s Donnerstags-Abschied at the 2026 East Neuk Festival [Photo: Neil Hanna] Next year’s East Neuk Festival (ENF), which runs from 30 June to 4 July 2027, will be Svend McEwan-Brown’s last as artistic director as […]
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Audience at Leeds Song Festival 2025 [Photo: Tom Arber] Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a week of song from 10 to 17 April under the theme The Song Within, exploring what lies inside a […]
Ellen Pearson, Nigel Foster, Laurence Kilsby [Photo: c/o Nigel Foster] Reaching Out to a Distant Lover: Schubert, Chaminade, Faure, Menotti, Mahler, Duparc, Bridge, Wolf, Roussel, Amy Beach, John Ireland, Korngold, Strauss, Ernest Charles, Cecil Armstrong […]
Bellini: La sonnambula (Act Two finale) – HGO [Photo: Julian Guidera] Bellini: La sonnambula; Eyra Norman, Hailey West, Mathilda Goike, Tobias Compos Santinaque, Michael Roche, dir: John Wilkie, cond: Stefano Boccacci, HGO; Jacksons Lane TheatreReviewed […]
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Nathan James Dearden in rehearsal with the National Youth Choir of Wales [Photo: Evan Dawson] Composer and conductor Nathan James Dearden‘s debut album, i breathe, is out this month on Signum Classics. The album features […]
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride – Nick Pritchard, Jacques Imbrailo, Christine Rice – English National Opera, 2026 [Photo: Helen Murray] Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; Christine Rice, Jacques Imbrailo, Nick Pritchard, Morgan Pearse, dir: Lyndsey Turner, cond: […]
The organs (Nave and Chancel) at Chelmsford Cathedral sound magnificent courrttesy of the artistry of Samuel Bristow in this reminder that Mendelssohn isn’t just A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here’s a YouTube of excerpts from each, […]
Roberta Philip [Photo: Ben Reason] Soprano Roberta Philip is a versatile performer working across opera and jazz idioms in settings ranging from the cat walk to the concert platform. She is passionate about bringing lesser-known […]
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