Manfred Honeck (Photo: Todd Rosenberg) The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced that Manfred Honeck will be its next principal conductor. Honeck will take up the post from September 2028, following on from Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who has […]
Ledger of subscribers to Handel’s Twelve Grand Concertos from 1740 (Handel Hendrix House) Hallelujah House: Inside Handel’s HQ: Handel Hendrix HouseReviewed 17 September 2026 A fascinating & thought-provoking exhibition celebrating both 25 years since Handel’s house […]
This should have been a great disc, I loved Dylan Perez’s playing when he appeared with Nicky Spence at Thaxted, My Father’s Son, Baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and Perez appeared in Opera Holland Parks series […]
CBSO Chorus (Photo: Andrew Fox) Tonight (17 September 2026), the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by music director Kazuki Yamada launches their 2026/2027 season at Symphony Hall in Birmingham with a performance of Mahler’s […]
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Will Todd & Soochow University Alumni Choir Composer Will Todd has been collaborating with a choir in Taiwan, the Soochow University Alumni Choir, first performing his Mass in Blue in 2024 then writing a commission […]
Marc Chagall’s East or Memorial Window for Sarah d’Avigdor Goldsmid, at All Saints’ Church, TudeleyBy Ian Alexander – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Music@Malling brings outstanding musicians to historic venues in and around West Malling in […]
A symphony should be like the world, it should encompass everything. So said Mahler himself, and his ambitious First Symphony sets out to do exactly that. We have previously looked at Bychkov’s Fourth and Fifth […]
Valentin Silvestrov was forced to leave his native Ukraine after the Russian invasion of 2022, seeking refuge in Berlin. There is hope in this music but its eems rooted in a full realisation of teh […]
Choral Contemplations – Sacred Introits & Duets: Peter Blumson, John-Paul Bowman, Rosemary Broadbent, David Fletcher, David Goymour, Adrian Green, Bruce Ramell, Derek Saunders, Noel Skinner; Phoenix Consort, Adam Whitmore; Convivium RecordsReviewed 14 September 2026 Music […]
Oliver Cope (Photo: Amanda Protidou / TSSO) When Chromatica Orchestra opens its 2026/27 season at Battersea Arts Centre (its third season at the venue) they will be conducted by the young (age 27) British conductor […]
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