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John Joubert [photo: Graham Boulton] Next year is the centenary of Birmingham’s pre-eminent composer John Joubert (1927-2019). Born in South Africa, John Joubert wrote over 180 works, ranging from operas and orchestral music to choral […]
This is the second post on music by Kalevi Aho (born 1949): we reported on the Stenhammar Quartet’s recording of String Quartets Nos. 1-3 here. There should be more, and will doubtless be. Aho is […]
This is a major release, which widens our appreciation of the operas of Hans Werner Henze and reminds us, simultaneously, of his stature. At Classical Explorer, we have previously looked ay a Naxos disc that […]
Students on the Advanced Young Musicians Programme [Photo: Britten Pears Arts] Britten Pears Arts’ O’Hare Music Centre has opened up in the newly refurbished Britten Pears Building at Snape Maltings. As part of phase 1 […]
First prize winner, Canadian violist Emad Zolfaghari performing at Windsor Festival International String Competition 2026 [Photo: Julian Guidera] This year’s Windsor Festival International String Competition celebrated its 10th anniversary and, for the first time, the final on […]
Wimbledon International Music Festival returns next month with 26 events on offer from 7 to 29 November 2026. This year’s festival, the 18th, is the second festival under the artistic directorship of Anthony Friend who […]
Anna Blom & Alex Mills: Reverence – Brompton Cemetery Chapel Alex Mills is a composer for whom music and the visual arts are intertwined. Earlier this year, alongside his debut album Look How Brightly, he co-curated […]
U.S. premiere of Vaja Azarashvili’s Cello Concerto at Merkin Hall in New York, featuring Sandro Sidamonidze as soloist with Orchestra for People and conductor Hahnsol Kim (Photo: Matthew Holler) Cellist Sandro Sidamonidze on a musical […]
David Önaç How Lloyd’s insurance contracts from the transatlantic slave trade became the unlikely inspiration for a new choral work for the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and BBC Singers. Composer David Önaç explains his Atlantic […]
David Fenessy: Blood – Jonathan Morton, Scottish Ensemble, Chamber Choir of NYCOS, Christopher Bell (Photo: Ed Maitland-Smith) Bach & Blood: Bach, Arvo Pärt, David Fenessy; Jonathan Morton, Scottish Ensemble, Chamber Choir of the National Youth Choir […]
