.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The Song Within: Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a programme expanding the boundaries of the song recital")
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 […]
%20Evan%20Dawson(4).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "To capture the fullness of what choral singing is: composer Nathan James Dearden on his debut album, i breathe")
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 […]
“One should never composer operas” Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), composer of over 25 operas Opera Double Bill: Bernstein, Menotti at Guildhall. Soloists; Chorus & Orchestra; Dominic Wheeler (conductor). Silk Street Theatre, Guildhall School of Music […]
Joshua Weilerstein conducting the BBC Philharmonic in Dvorak’s New World Symphony in April 2026 Hot on the heels of John Storgårds, (chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic until September 2028), launching his first season as […]
Coventry Cathedral [Photo: Garry Jones] The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is set to return to Coventry Cathedral for a performance of Britten’s War Requiem on Remembrance Day (11 November), also marking 50 years since […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "The Song Within: Leeds Song Festival returns in April 2027 with a programme expanding the boundaries of the song recital")
%20Evan%20Dawson(4).jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "To capture the fullness of what choral singing is: composer Nathan James Dearden on his debut album, i breathe")
