Amazingly, the film Star Wars will be 50 next year; the original film was released in May 1997. And the composer of the iconic music for the film, John Williams, is 95 next year. In […]
Aprile Millo [Photo: Beth Bergman] In our latest letter from Florida, Robert J Carreras talks to the great spinto soprano Aprile Millo “All things old become new again, and all things new…,” whenever I repeat […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Casting a spell: baritone Andrè Schuen & pianist Julius Drake in Schumann's Heine settings at Temple Church for Temple Music")
Andrè Schuen, Julius Drake – Temple Music at Temple Church [Photo: Chris Christodoulou] A Poet’s Love – Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 24, Dichterliebe Op. 48; Andrè Schuen, Julius Drake; Temple Music at Temple Church A focus […]
See below for the official news piece for the Composers Final and the first part the Conductors Final on Wednesday. The conductors complete tonight, after which there wil doubtless be another news report … A […]
Bruckner Christus factus est, WAB 11 (1884). Mendelssohn Miserere (parody of Kyrie, MWV A 3, 1825). Schubert Lacrimosa son io, D 131b (1815). Bruckner Ave Maria, WAB 6 (1861). Mendelssohn Do nobis pacem (parody of […]
Gosh, they’re good, aren’t they? For decades, The King’s Singers have consistently, though changed of personnel, stood for excellence – and fun This is a live performance from Temple Church in January 2026. As always, […]
Pictured (from left): Chris Martin (ASMF Director of Development & External Affairs), Julie Price (ASMF Principal Bassoon & Player Director), Elizabeth Szucs (Chief Executive, LFO), Ross Pople (Founder LFO & The Warehouse) Martin Fraenkel (ASMF […]
Puccini: Tosca (Act 1) – Robert Hayward, Christopher Purves, Osian Wyn Bowen, Christopher Nairne – English National Opera 2026 [Photo: Ellie Kurttz] Puccini: Tosca; Axelle Fanyo, Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Christopher Purves, dir: Annilese Miskimmon, cond: Ben […]
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, […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Casting a spell: baritone Andrè Schuen & pianist Julius Drake in Schumann's Heine settings at Temple Church for Temple Music")
