Stravinsky from Toronto
Part of Stravnisky’s Neo-Classicism was his work with the music of older composers, and we see two instances of that thee: chikovsky for L raise de la fée and 18th-Centuy Naples for Pulcinella. It is […]
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The youngest female composer ever commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra, marking her debut with national ensemble: premiere of Amelia Clarkson’s The Rain Keeps Coming at Ulster Hall
Amelia Clarkson Amelia Clarkson is a Northern Irish composer from County Down and she currently works between Belfast and Manchester where she is undertaking a PhD at the Royal Northern College of Music. She is […]
Letter from Florida: Tianyi Lu conducts Bartók & Brahms with Lukas Vondracek & New World Symphony
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 – Lukas Vondracek (Photo: New World Symphony) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Lukas Vondracek, New World Symphony, Tianyi Lu, Ziwei Ma; New […]
Peter Wiegold: Being in the room. How to make it happen.
Peter Wiegold Composer, conductor, collaborator and remarkable artistic creative, Peter Wiegold will be giving an online talk for School of Sound on 14 October 2025. Titled Being in the room. How to make it happen, […]
Upstairs at Ronnie’s to host the first ever regular weekly classical night at Ronnie Scott’s curated by Lizzie Ball & James Pearson
James Pearson & Lizzie Ball (Photo: Monika C Jakubowska) Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club has announced that from February next year it is reopening the first floor of the club (which closed in 2024) with a […]
,%20Ensemble%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera")
Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine’s not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – Timothy Nelson & chorus – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Donizetti: The Elixir of Love; Natasha Page, Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Emyr Wyn Jones, Timothy Nelson, Rosie […]
La Grande Audition de Leipzig: Paul Agnew & Les Arts Florissants take us to Leipzig in 1722 & 1723
A 1723 engraving by Johann Gottfried Krügner of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig La Grande Audition de Leipzig; Telemann, Kuhnau, Graupner, Bach; Miriam Allan, Maarten Engeltyes, Thomas Hobbs, Edward Grint, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew; Wigmore HallReviewed […]
Dame Myra Hess in Schubert & Brahms
Historical releases re so valuable, reminding us of golden get, of how performance practice has changed and yet how musical tooth will always out. Myra Hess’ recorded legacy is legendary, and here she is joined […]
,%20Giorgio%20Vasari,%20Palazzo%20Vecchio,%20Florence.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "One little book sitting in a convent: Laurie Stras introduces the background to Musica Secreta's new recording of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript")
One little book sitting in a convent: Laurie Stras introduces the background to Musica Secreta’s new recording of music from the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript
The Siege of Florence (1558) by Giorgio Vasari, Palazzo Vecchio, FlorenceSan Matteo in Arcetri is the reddish building in the bottom left of the picture Musica Secreta is the UK’s only all-female Renaissance ensemble. Their […]
Abstractions: Meeting composer Anna Clyne
Released just yesterday (September 26, 2025) this is a tremendous introduction to the atmospheric, hauntingly beautiful world of Anna Clyne. It includes two World Premiere recordings. London-born and US-resident, Anna Cluyne studied fist at Edinburgh […]
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