Until a friend gave me a leaflet for Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir’s event, William Morris: Chants for Socialists, I had been completely unaware that William Morris, along with designing, writing and political activism, wrote music […]
Madeleine Mitchell violin, Julian Milford piano, Kirsten Jenson cello at Leighton House The trio of Madeleine Mitchell violin, Julian Milford piano, Kirsten Jenson cello are returning to Leighton House on Tuesday 24 June 2025 for a […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (1) The Nostalgic Utopian Future Distance Ensemble 360 Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, 18.05.2025 Saariaho Petals (1988) Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double (1984) Nono La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988/9) Ensemble 360 celebrates […]
Norwich Cathedral – Photo: JackPeasePhotographyCC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Britten: Hymn to the Virgin, John Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God, Judith Weir: Ave Regina Cælorum, James MacMillan: The Culham Motets, O Virgo Prudentissima, Palestrina: […]
The Three Choirs Festival is at Hereford this year, running from 26 July to 2 August 2025 with its familiar mix of large-scale choral concerts, chamber recitals, late-night events and family friendly programmes. The programme […]
Ajax and Cassandra by Solomon J. Solomon, 1886. The composer Ben Rowarth is a figure whose music I have enjoyed over the last few years with works for the Marian Consort, Helen Charlston, and the […]
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra – Roland Wood, Antony Hermus, Vazgen Gazaryan, Opera North (Photo: James Glossop) Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Roland Wood, Sara Cortolezzis, Andrés Presno, Vazgen Gazaryan, Mandla Mndebele, Richard Mosley-Evans, director: PJ Harris, conductor: Anthony […]
Naxos has previously released another recording of Fazil Say’s music for violin featuring violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, which included his 2 fantastic Sonatas for Violin and Piano and his more familiar (and somewhat more oft recorded) […]
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (1843) Mandy Friedrich (The Péri); Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor); Agata Schmidt (alto); Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone); Clara Guilon (the young girl); Victoire Bunel (the angel); Julien Clément (Gazna); Lancelot […]
Editorial by Hana Gubenko Not rarely one hears Those above; the government, the media, the educated, the rich, the refugees, the powerful and powerless, the doctors, teachers, bankers, the unvaccinated, criminals, transgender and transphobes, […]
