Schubert’s diary in 1816 Immortal Mozart: Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Salieri; Katharina Ruckgaber, Martin Häßler, Sholto Kynoch; Oxford International Song Festival at Garsington StudiosReviewed 11 October 2026 Inspired by Schubert’s admiration of Mozart, a playful yet […]
Önaç Atlantic Requiem (2026, World premiere). Brittany Reese (soprano); J’Nai Bridges (mezzo); Orson Van Gay II (tenor); BBC Singers; London Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm J. Merriweather (conductor). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 4pm, 11.10.2026 All […]
Tamara Stefanovich, Matthias Goerne at Salzburg Easter Festival in 2025 [Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli] Schubert: Winterreise; Matthias Goerne, Tamara Stevanovich; Oxford International Song Festival at Olivier Hall, St Edward’s School Reviewed 10 October 2026 The further along […]
Defining LoveEmily Pillinger, Stephanie Oade, Fiona Macintosh, Elenora Pertz, Valerie Eickhoff Holywell Music Room, Oxford International Song Festival Defining Love: Satie, Schindler-Mahler, Britten, Schumann, Korngold, Faure, Schubert, Strauss, Mozart, Rodgers & Hart; Valerie Eickhoff, Elenora […]
Iestyn Davies & Oliver Wass at Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival Sweeter than Roses: Trabacci, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Cavalli, Purcell, Dowland, Muhly, Britten, Handel; Iestyn Davies, Oliver Wass; Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival in the Marble […]
Seth Schultheis [Photo: Norbert Ittermann] Beethoven, Elizabeth Ogonek, Schumann; Seth Schultheis; Hatfield House Music Festival in the Marble HallReviewed 9 October 2026 The 2025 Telekom Beethoven Competition Winner in an engagingly varied programme that found […]
The London venue Stone Nest seems to be a hub for innovation: in March 2024, I attended a performance of Our Mother, starring Emma Kirkby and with the same ensemble as here, FIGURE. That was […]
Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Ethel Bridge by Unknown photographer snapshot print NPG x15184 © National Portrait Gallery, London Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich, Brahms; Musicians of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Hatfield House Music Festival […]
Oliver Cope Oliver Cope was recently appointed as chief conductor of Chromatica Orchestra, making him one of youngest conductors in the country to hold a titled position with a professional orchestra. He was a prize-winner […]
Musicians preparing for the opening concert of Hatfield House Music Festivalunder the watchful eye of Queen Elizabeth I in the Marble Hall Music which pleaseth myne ear: Thomas Morley, John Dowland, William Byrd, Tobias Hume, […]
