Elgar Variations on an Original Theme. Op. 36, ‘Enigma‘ (1888/9) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877/8) Elgar and the Berliner Philarmoniker? Well, there is precedent of the orchestra in English music […]
With Meditations for Harpsichord, British-Polish harpsichordist Katarzyna Kowalik will gather together nine newly commissioned works by five British and four Polish composers. The project will receive its world premiere at Colet House in London on […]
As his Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) in Pappano’s LSO performance proved conclusively (August 15), there are fewer if any better spaces to hold Berlioz’ monumental imagination. From the religious to Goethe’s great work of […]
ORA Singers’ Graduate Composers‘ scheme forms a core part of their Composers’ Pathway – their work to support composers at any stage in their careers. The Graduate scheme champions early-career composers by offering them a […]
Composer Helen Caddick and textile artist Margo Selby collaborated on an immersive cross-genre piece, moon landing, for Collect 2024 at Somerset House. [see my article] As part of the exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery (which closes […]
Just as the Philharmonia Orchestra is using VR to enable people find out what it is like to join a live orchestra [see my article]. Another project is doing something similar but with a real […]
Handel’s Italians: Italian castrati in the London oratorios – music from Handel’s Esther, Deborah, Athalia, Belshazzar, Messiah, Theodora; Carlo Vistoli, Giulia Semenzato, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm; Harmonia MundiReviewed 1 September 2026 This rather imaginative recital focuses on music from […]
Øyvind Torvund Symphonic Poem No. 1, “Forest Morning” (2019, first Proms performance) Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D major (1933) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (1935/6), excerpts The first thing to notice here is the title, taken […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Celebrating the eclectic life of pioneering crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale: Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for Bloomsbury Festival")
“For a married woman with children, to become a first class scientist she must first of all choose, the right husband” Dame Kathleen Lonsdale Crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) was the first female professor […]
E. H. Shepard – Illustration to page 3 of Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) Nigel Foster’s London Song Festival is back this autumn with nine concerts from 5 November to 11 December under the banner of “Reaching Out […]
