NOVO Quartet does it again at Wigmore Hall
Mendelssohn, Nielsen NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, 19.10.2026 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Nielsen String Quartet in F minor, Op. 5 (1890) The Danish NOVO Quartet is a […]
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Tristan und Isolde at St John’s
Wagner Tristan und Isolde. Cast; Chorus & Orchestra of the London Opera Company / Peter Selwyn (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, 18.10.2026. Cast: Tristan – Neal Cooper Isolde – Cara McHardy Brangӓne – Harriet Williams […]
Sheku Kanneh Mason joins young cellists for mass performance at The Glasshouse
Sheku Kanneh Mason and young cellists from The Glasshouse [Photo: TyneSight Media] After a tour with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Dinis Sousa playing Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in Middlesborough, Gateshead and Kendal, cellist Sheku […]
More Than a Vampire: More Marschner
Dario Salvi and the Janáček Philharmonic return for volume 3 in their series of Overtures and Stage Music: Volume One was covered here, while we covered yet another Naxos release, the Piano Trios with the […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday")
Only love can bear the burden of truth: Ben Parry & Garth Bardsley on their new opera that premieres at Snape this Saturday
Ben Parry and Garth Bardsley’s My Father Cannot Speak in rehearsals with Roderick Williams at Snape [Photo: Angus Cooke / Britten Pears Arts] On 24 October, composer Ben Parry and writer Garth Bardsley‘s new opera, […]
Gamely going where few such companies dare, there is much to enjoy in New Sussex Opera’s production of Charpentier’s David and Jonathan
Charpentier: David and Jonathan – Harun Ellis Tekin, Tom Lilburn – New Sussex Opera [Photo: Colin Chapman] Charpentier: David and Jonathan (David et Jonathas); Harun Ellis Tekin, Tom Lilburn, Massimo Modoni, Daniel Chomiak, Nadiia Chaichenko, […]
Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartets from Quatuor Elmire
The Quatuor Elmire was part of the String Quartet finals at Geneva a few years back (see here); currently in residence at the Singer-Polignac Foundation and the Chapelle Musicale, Reine Elisabeth (the present release was […]
Sisters are doing it for themselves: Wexford Festival Opera’s focus in 2027 will be women as creators with operas by Carolina Uccelli, Smetana & Saint-Saëns’
Wexford Festival Opera has announced its 2027 programme. Artistic director Rosetta Cucchi’s theme for next year is a tribute to the extraordinary courage, resilience and creative power of women. The three main stage operas will […]
A Handel Celebration: 25 years since the Handel House opened – The Brook Street Band, The London Handel Players & Helen Charlston will be there
Amazingly it is 25 years since the Handel House (now Handel Hendrix House) opened in London and Handel Hendrix House is celebrating. There is a concert on 10 November at Handel’s parish church, St George’s […]
Late romantics: Jashandeep Reehal & Holland Park Sinfonia return with Richard Strauss, Korngold & Vaughan Williams
Jashandeep Reehal and his Holland Park Sinfonia will be returning to St Peter’s Church, Notting Hill for their next concert on 13 November 2026 which features music written in the 1940s and 1950s by three […]
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