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 […]
Following an inspiring weekend at the Southbank Centre for the Benedetti Foundation’s London Sessions, the mass orchestra (featuring over 200 young musicians) performed a new arrangement by Paul Campbell of Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No.1, including […]
Eeshar Singh & Royal Northern Sinfonia As part of GemArts‘ Masala Festival at The Glasshouse in Gateshead on 18 July 2025, santoor virtuoso Eeshar Singh is collaborating with Royal Northern Sinfonia on Blossoming, a live […]
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Genesis Sixteen Now entering its 15th year, Genesis Sixteen is set to welcome a new cohort for 2025/26 with 22 singers and one conductor joining The Sixteen’s free young artists’ programme for 18-23-year-olds which aims to […]
Handel: Semele – Pretty Yende, Niamh O’Sullivan (Photo: Vincent Pontet) Handel: Semele; Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Alice Coote, Brindley Sherratt, director: Oliver Mears, conductor: Christian Curnyn; Royal Opera HouseReviewed 15 July 2025 A disappointing account […]
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin (arr. Jopling, sung in English translation by Siofra Dromgoole) Cast; Wild Arts Ensemble / Orlando Jopling (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, 12. 07.2025 Production: Director – Dominic Dromgoole Designer – Tatiana Dolmatovskaya Movement Director […]
For the 2025/26 season, Jonathan Bloxham steps into a new role as principal conductor and artistic advisor with London Mozart Players (LMP), building on his three-year tenure as conductor in residence and artistic advisor. LMP#’s […]
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – finale of Act One – Longborough Festival Opera, 2025 (Photo: Clive Barda) Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Joseph Doody, Lauren Young, Benjamin Bevan, Henry Neill, director: Louise Bakker, conductor […]
BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Gergely Madaras at Cheltenham Town Hall – Cheltenham Music Festival 2025 Britten: Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’; Arnold: Symphony No. 5, Anna Semple: Fanfare for Cheltenham; Elgar: Enigma […]
Beethoven, Brahms Cédric Tiberghian (piano); Chiaroscuro Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 10.07.2025 Beethoven Strnig Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Op. 130 (with Große Fuge, Op. 133) Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Recently, we […]
