Yunchan Lim’s supreme Mozart at Wigmore Hall
Mozart Yunchan Lim (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.10.2026 Piano Sonatas: C, K 279 (1775); D, K 284 (1774-5). Fantasia in D minor, K 397 (c. 1782) Piano Sonatas: F, K 332 (1781-3); A minor, K […]
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As JW3’s classical music series returns for its 4th year, I chat to artistic director David Waterman
JW3 JW3, also known as Jewish Community Centre London, is an arts, culture and entertainment venue, an educational facility and a social and community hub in north London. It is located at 341–351 Finchley Road, […]
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Modernising Gluck: English Touring Opera’s new production of Orpheus and Eurydice puts a distinctly contemporary spin on the work
Gluck: Orpheus & Eurydice (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) – Louis T Partridge & Angus Bartlett – English Touring Opera [Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith] Gluck/Leo Grant: Orpheus and Eurydice; William Morgan, Galina Averina, Rosie […]
Szigeti: Armed Forces Radio Service Recordings &
What a treasure trove this is! Joseph Szigeti at the height of his powers … The first track might well sound familiar to pianists: it’s the finale from the Piano Sonata in D, D 850 […]
Share the Stage: Massed forces from the North-East join Dinis Sousa & Royal Northern Sinfonia at The Glasshouse in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
Dinis Sousa conducts Royal Northern Sinfonia & massed forces from the North-East in Tippett’s A Child of our Time as part of The Glasshouse’s Share the Stage in 2024 On Sunday 8 November 2026 at The Glasshouse […]
Max Richter wins Ivor Novello Award for Innovation
Max Richter joins a roll call of extraordinary composers including Anoushka Shankar, Gavin Bryars, Matthew Herbert and Talvin Singh News revealed days before Richter releases brand-new album, While The Flood Rages The Ivors Academy announced today [13 October] […]
Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise
Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise Fleur Barron (mezzo); Suleiman Suleiman (dancer); Jong Sun Woo (piano); Hibiki Ichikawa (shamisen/shinobue); Lifeng Liao (lighting designer); Misa Koide, Sophie Daneman (movement directors). Wigmore Hall, 11.10.2026 Kabuki Scene 1: Preserve; […]
What does it feel like to improvise with AI?
Pianist Zubin Kanga returns to the Southbank Centre on 17 October 2026 with a host of premieres in a double bill of Ghost in the Machine + After Dark: Club Cyborg. Zubin Kanga is currently […]
Beautifully curated: Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton explore all manner of obsession in Reason in Madness at Oxford International Song Festival
Reason in Madness: Gösta Nystroem, Alma Schindler-Mahler, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf, Duparc, Koechlin, Debussy, Saint-Saens, Chausson, Poulenc; Klara Solén, George Herbert, Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton; Oxford International Song Festival at Holywell Music RoomReviewed 11 […]
Britten in Love: Robin Tritschler & Malcolm Martineau explore the composer’s emotional life through his music
Britten & Lennox Berkeley (Photo: https://www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk) Britten in Love: Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten; Robin Tritschler, Malcolm Martineau; Oxford International Song Festival at Holywell Music RoomReviewed 11 October 2026 Songs from Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten […]
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