Women gardeners (Image courtesy of the Garden Museum) Fiona Davison‘s discovery of letters written by Olive Harrisson, a talented gardener denied a scholarship by the Royal Horticultural Society “on account of being female”, led to […]
%20credit%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(1).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Style & substance: Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet in Buxton is a rewarding musical & dramatic feast with the festival confidently stepping on the shoulders of its previous production")
Thomas: Hamlet – Gregory Feldmann – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Gregory Feldmann, Yewon Han, Alastair Mile, Allison Cook, director Jack Furness, Orchestra of Opera North, conductor: Adrian Kelly; Buxton International […]
%20and%20Hanna%20Hipp%20(Dinah)%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(4).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The ennui of modern life: Bernstein & Poulenc's one-act operas from the 1950s in an intriguing double bill at Buxton International Festival")
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti – Charles Rice, Allison Cooke – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti, Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine; Hanna Hipp, Charles Rice, Allison Cooke, Chloé Hare-Jones, Harun […]
%20Ali%20Wright.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Old-fashioned drama & a modern gloss: Cecilia Stinton's production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park with Jennifer France's debut in the title role")
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Tabitha Reynolds (ghost), Jennifer France – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jennifer France, José de Eça, Morgan Pearse, director: Cecilia Stinton, conductor: Michael Papadopoulos, City […]
Following on from our coverage of the Britten Pears 2025/26 season yesterday, here are details of this year’s Edinburgh Festival: The Edinburgh International Festival opens on 1 August and features 1700 artists from 42 countries […]
Highlights include: Britten Weekend marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Auschwitz Aurora Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony from memory and is joined by Chloë Hanslip for Prokofiev’s […]
The Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Cultural Centre Andrew Arceci is an American viola da gamba, violone, and bass player who studied at the Peabody Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and at Oxford. His UK performances […]
This is the latest of Classical Explorer‘s Miller’s daughters: Andrè Schun was a single release; Christoph Prégardien’s (part of a set of the great cycles); there is even a “pub edition” on Rubicon!. Ian Bostridge […]
Mozart’s Requiem: David Crown conducts Cheltenham Bach Choir and the Musical & Amicable Society at Cheltenham Town Hall This year the Cheltenham Music Festival celebrated its 80th birthday [see my review of the closing concert]. The […]
We have covered a number of concerts and releases of music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) on Classical Explorer: one overlap is that this concert of the Leçons de Ténèbres at Wigmore Hall began with the […]
.png?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "A destroyed and partially rebuilt city - Sven Helbig’s 'Requiem A' receives its UK Premiere at Central Hall Westminster")
,%20Flores%20(Issicratea)%20©%20Clemens%20Manser%20Photography.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Photo essay: Cavalli's Pompeo Magno at the 2025 Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival")
