.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Student and professor collaborations, music by Bacewicz, Beamish, Takemitsu, Turina, & more at the Guildhall School's Chamber Music Festival")
Guildhall Chamber Music Festival. Photo by Paul Cochrane. From 14 to 16 March 2025, Guildhall School of Music & Drama presents its annual chamber music festival at Milton Court Concert Hall, bringing together most talented current […]
Julian Joseph All things piano are being celebrated at the Piano in the Elms Festival, curated by World Heat Beat. The festival takes place from 12 to 15 March 2025, at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, state-of-the-art digital […]
Philip Glass: Ifè: Three Yorùbá Songs – Angélique Kidjo, The Hallé – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (Photo: Sharyn Bellemakers/The Hallé) Philip Glass: Days and Nights in Rochina; Ifè: Three Yorùbá Songs (UK première), Eleventh Symphony; […]
Reclaiming Love: An Alternative Valentines – Britten, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Cole Porter, RVW, Brahms; Song in the City, Sam Cobb, Charlie Morris, Jonathan Hanley, Thomas Litchev, Gavin Roberts, Anna Reiley; St Giles Cripplegate14 February 2025 Billed […]
Here is a 10th Anniversary Special Edition of Philip Glass Selected Etudes performed by the pianist and composer, Giusto Di Lallo. This is interesting, as it presents a musicological, methodical approach to Glass’ music. Di Lallo poses a question to […]
Michael Zev Gordn at site of his grandfather’s murder in Summer 1941 (image from DW video). Any human calamity raises thoughts about how such events might be referred to in music, and how an essentially […]
We have met Musica Gloria on a number of occasions, most recently in live performance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, on the Etcetera label, they offer a selection of North German Cantatas from around 1700. This […]
.jpg.webp?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Music in the Museum: London Transport Museum's Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum's gallery")
Starting today (14 February 2025) and running until 24 October 2025, the London Transport Museum’s Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum’s gallery at 2pm every Friday, apart from holidays. The young musicians […]
This is an extraordinary reading of an extraordinary piece. Jérémie Rohrer came o the piece afresh, escheiwing recorded versions. He performs it at A = 430 Hz (which apart from its historical prescience, helps the […]
.png?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Make some noise to save the School of Music: Musicians gather in mass demonstration to protest proposed axing of Cardiff University’s School of Music on Saturday 22 February")
Last month (28 January), Cardiff University confirmed plans to close Cardiff University School of Music, a facility that has produced outstanding musicians, boasting a wealth of alumni, including lWelsh composers Karl Jenkins, Grace Williams and […]
