Following their successful production of Puccini’s Tosca last year (with Marlena Devoe, Sam Furness and Philip Rhodes), director Katie Blackwell and conductor John Warner return to Oxford Opera Company for a new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of […]
Jervaulx Abbey (Photo: Jervaulx Abbey) Named for Jervaulx Abbey, the ruins of the once great Cistercian abbey in North Yorkshire, Jervaulx Singers is an eight-voiced ensemble of professional singers founded in 2021 by conductor Charlie […]
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This week, the period instrument Ensemble Hesperi is joining forces with the South African group Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble for a series of joint events. Under the title Baroque Bridges there are concerts at St Mary’s Church, […]
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Berlioz: Requiem – Sir Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (Requiem); Julien Henric, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, […]
Press release from Saanen: On Monday, August 10, 2026, pianist Hayato Sumino was honored with the fifth Olivier Berggruen Prize during his recital at the Saanen Church. The concert was part of the 70th anniversary […]
Between Mountains Festival Following a successful inaugural edition, Between Mountains Festival returns to Holdenweid in Hölstein, Switzerland, from 4-6 September 2026, expanding from a one-day premiere into a three-day festival experience. Set among the rolling […]
A fine idea, really well realised by Anna Geniushene on the Fuga Libera label. Following on from an album of lullabies, this focuses on the first-published works of major composers, “an exploration of first steps” […]
It is Mendelssohn’s Third and Fourth Symphonies that get all the attention. Yes, there is power in nicknames (Scottish and Italian respectively), but the fifth has one too and I can count performances I’ve heard […]
Tugan Sokhiev, Vienna Philharmonic – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Marco Borrelli) Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, Debussy: La Mer, Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (excerpts); Lang Lang, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Tughan Sokhiev; Salzburg Festival at Grosses FestspielhausReviewed […]
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements (1942-5) Berg Violin Concerto, “Zum andenken eines Engels” (1935) Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 (1943, rev. 1945) Back at the Proms, players from Juilliard Orchestra and the Royal Academy […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Baroque Bridges: Ensemble Hesperi joins forces with Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble")
.JPG?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Thrilling moments, terrific theatre, intimacy & transcendence: Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz's Requiem at BBC Proms with London Symphony Orchestra")
