Shani shines in Mendelssohn
Shani took up his post in Rotterdam in 2018 and his contract with the orchestra extends to 2026. As he has said: “The chemistry I felt with the orchestra from day one is still growing.” We have met them […]
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From Hervé & Folies parisiennes to Louise Farrenc & more: Palazzetto Bru Zane’s 2025/26 season
2025 is the bicentenary of the birth of the singer, librettist and composer Hervé [Louis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (1825-1892)], a man responsible for a wide selection of opérette and opéra-bouffe that have rather dropped out of the […]
Meeting people where they are & sharing something powerful, beautiful & unexpected: CBSO in the City 2025, Birmingham’s week of music in unexpected places
CBSO at New Street Station in August 2024 (Photo: Hannah Fathers) The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) returns this Summer with the second-edition of CBSO in the City, a week-long musical takeover running from […]
Donizetti Songs #2: Nicola Alaimo joins Carlo Rizzi
Looking at Nicola Alaimo’s repertoire and performances, his sheer number of Donizetti roles is only equalled by those of his Rossini performances; h is a major interpreter. The first song, Al campo della gloria, has […]
The Chiaroscuro Quartet return in Haydn
We have met the super Ciaroscuro Quartet on a number of occasions, most saliently in Haydn in the first three of the Op. 76 Quartets here and in the balancing three (Nos. 4-6) here; but […]
Music Moves: John Savournin to Waterperry, Seb Lovell-Huckle to Birmingham
John Savournin The intriguing game of musical dominos in arts administration continues. Earlier this year it was announced the Guy Verrall-Withers, co-founder and artistic director of Waterperry Opera Festival, was becoming director of audiences & impact […]
A child called Brock who is displaced from her home and wonders if life might be better among the badgers underground: Garsington Opera Youth Company in Hannah Conway’s Uprooted
Rehearsal for Uprooted – Garsington Opera Youth Company On 29 July 2025, Garsington Opera Youth Company joins forces with Sinfonia Smith Square to present Uprooted, a new opera by composer Hannah Conway and librettist Hazel […]
Music and arts to transform people’s lives: Britten Pears Arts presents Summer at Snape 2025
Having emerged from the Aldeburgh Festival [see Tony’s review of the closing concerts], Snape Maltings is gearing up for this year’s Summer at Snape, a month-long celebration of music running from 26 July – 31 August […]
Morceaux en forme de poire: Hommage à Erik Satie from Ensemble Ricercata
Ensemble Ricercata (Ivan Šiller, Tomáš Boroš, piano). Large Concert Studio of Slovak Radio, Bratislava, 14.06.2025 Satie Trois morceaux en forme de poire James Tenney Three Pages in the Shape of a Pear (in celebration of […]
From Jamaica to Llareggub: 2025 Presteigne Festival
George Vass & the Presteigne Festival Orchestra (Photo: Presteigne Festival) This year’s Presteigne Festival, which runs from 21 to 25 August 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), among the […]
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