Gounod (& Gounod/Liszt) piano works
For all he attention on Faust and his Bach arrangement, Ave Maria, the music of Gounod remains elaivly unexplored. This is a welcome disc, therefore. Iroically, I begins with just that Ave Maria in its […]
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For John Cage: the Zen-like composed silence of late Feldman
The late music of Moton Feldman (1926-87) is like no other. It kind of speaks for itself (perhaps that’s why thee are no booklet notes here!): or does it kind of “unspeak”?. Although there ae […]
Steel City Choristers, the Sheffield charity pioneering a new grassroots cathedral-style choir, celebrates its 5th birthday
Steel City Choristers at Berlin Dom Last week, Steel City Choristers, the Sheffield charity pioneering a new grassroots cathedral-style choir, celebrated its 5th birthday. Steel City Choristers formed following the closure of Sheffield Cathedral Choir […]
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The Continuo Foundation invites applications for its 11th round of funding with £106,000 available including a partnership with The Purcell Society
Continuo Foundation grantee Chelys Consort with Gwendolen Martin (soprano) & David de Winter (tenor) at Banbury Early Music Festival in September 2025 (Photo: Daniel Meikle) The Continuo Foundation is inviting UK-wide applications for its 11th round […]
A first La bohème, The Elixir of Love returns, Peter Rabbit and music in the ballroom: Waterperry Opera Festival announces full details of its 2026 season
Mozart: Don Giovanni at Wateerperry Opera Festival in 2025 (Photo: Julian Guidera) Waterperry Opera Festival has announced details of its 2026 season, the first under new artistic director John Savournin. Headline productions are Puccini’s La […]
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring with music from Royal College of Music
Sounds of Blossom returns to Kew Gardens this spring, from Saturday 14 March to Monday 6 April 2026. A collaboration between Kew Gardens and the Royal College of Music will see the colourful flowering trees in Kew’s […]
The Roundhouse’s Three Sixty Festival launches with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Harry Baker and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tom Fetherstonhaugh
This year the Roundhouse is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the venue’s resurrection. Used as a performing arts venue from 1964, it was largely unused after 1983 and reopened in 2006 after a multi-million pound […]
Hamamatsu winner Manami Suzuki at King’s Place
The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition peasants Manami Suzuki King’s Place, London, 23.01.2026 Haydn Piano Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:6 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891 (WTC Book II) Szymanowski Metopy, Op. […]
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A River Runs Through It: Opera Montana is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Norman Maclean’s beloved elegy to family and fly fishing in Montana with a new opera by Zach Redler
A River Runs Through It: Michael Kuhn & Schyler Vargas (who play brother Paul & Norman in Zach Redler’s new opera) on the Yellowstone River, August 2025 (Photo: Charlotte Mae Ellison) Norman Maclean’s novel A River […]
Romances by Arensky & Rachmaninoff: Anastasia Prokofieva & Sergey Rybin explore songs by teacher & pupil in a recital celebrating their new disc on SOMM
Anton Arensky Still probably best known for his chamber music, Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906) managed to fit an enormous amount into his relatively short life. He wrote three operas, a ballet (which was reused […]
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