Britten: Peter Grimes; Mark Le Brocq, Emma Bell, Mark Stone, Eugene Dillon-Hooper, Matthew Bawden, Rhian Davies, Oliver Heuzenroeder, Justin Jacobs, Caitlin MacKenzie, Joshua McCullough, director: Will Kerley, Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Harry Sever, British […]
Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra & Joanna MacGregor, June 2025 (Photo: Fernando Manoso) Having celebrated its centenary in May 2025, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra has announced its lively 2025/26 season under music director Joanna MacGregor, only the fourth […]
On Sunday 13 July 2025, Live on the Lawn: Twilight Classical presents viola da gamba player Sarah Small in recital on the lawn of the Chelsea Physick Garden in what promises to be an enchanting evening in […]
Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore – Martins Smaukstelis & chorus – St Paul’s Opera (Photo: Julian Guidera) Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore; Fiona Hymns, Martins Smaukstelis, Theodore Day, Ashley Mercer, Isabella Roberts, director: Eloise Lally, music director: Adrian Salinero, […]
In terms of career trajectory, thee is no equalling Klaus Mäkelä. He collects principal positions with the World’s major orchestras like others collect stamps. And yet, should we believe the hype? This release suggest not; […]
Alice Farnham with members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia and members of the RPS Women Conductors programme at the Glasshouse including Charlotte Corderoy In 2014, conductor Alice Farnham formed the Women Conductors programme, initially at […]
Charlie Barber at the premiere of his The Fall of the House of Usher with the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales in 2012 Welsh composer Charlie Barber, who celebrated his 75th birthday last year […]
Yuncham Lim cerainly made waves wt this performance: live at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He was 18.. Lim’s debut studio album Chopin Étude was the subject of a post on Classical Explorer here. […]
Previously, we covered three string quartets by Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) in this post. While he was certainly tremendously popular in his day, Pleyel’s music has dipped into obscurity s0 for a long time he was […]
Daniel Kidane: Aloud – Nathan Amaral, Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Thea Musgrave: Rorate coeli, Britten: A.M.D.G., Palestrina: Rorate coeli, Daniel Kidane: The Song Thrush […]
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