Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk – John Findon, Amanda Majeski, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, ENO, John Storgårds – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/ Andy Paradise) Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk; Amanda Majeski, Brindley Sherratt, John Findon, […]
Scottish Ensemble at Celtic Connections in January 2025 with Donald Grant and Friends (Photo: Tom Lovatt) The Scottish Ensemble opens its 2025/2026 season with Shifting Patterns, a programme of music by Anna Meredith and Henryk […]
On 23 September 2025, soprano Lizzie Ryder is curating and performing in Refuge: An Evening of Opera Exploring Women’s Experiences and Resilience at the Brunel Museum’s Thames Tunnel Shaft. The evening will feature sopranos Lizzie Ryder, Roberta Philip […]
Handel: Alexander’s Feast – Hilary Cronin, Stuart Jackson, Peter Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra & Chorus – BBC Proms (Photo: Chris Christodoulou/ BBC) Handel: Alexander’s Feast (1742 version, modern premiere), Concerti a due cori; Hilary Cronin, […]
Recorded at the University of Surrey, this is a rather nice introduction to the music of Charles Shadle, who currently teaches at MIT; his own teachers include Harold Shapio. The first three pieces on this […]
Mozart: Don Giovanni – Ensemble OrQuesta at Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre (Photo: Julian Guidera) Mozart: Don Giovanni; Marcio da Silva, Flavio Lauria, Helen May, Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Anna-Luise Wagner, John Twitchen, director: Marcio da Silva, Hastings […]
Editorial Tolerance is possibly our Salvation “ “Marks & Spencer’s has apologised to a mother for causing her teenage daughter “distress” after she was asked if she needed help by a transgender employee in its […]
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Huw Montague Rendall, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Glyndebourne at the BBC Proms (Photo: Chris Christodoulou/ BBC) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Tommaso Barea, Johann Wallroth, Huw […]
Gstaad Menuhin Festival (2): Matinée des Jeunes Étoiles VI Georgii Moroz (violin); Marco Scilironi (piano). Gstaad Chapel, Gstaad, 1030am, 23.08.2025 Bartók Rhapsody for Violin and Piano, Sz 86 Moroz The Poet Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in […]
Sing for Pleasure training in action (Photo: Simon King) This month, Sing for Pleasure, the UK’s leading provider of choral conductor training, launched its newly updated Choral Conductor Training Programme. The Programme, is an expansion and […]
