Brian Elias: Touching the Quick – Ben Goldscheider at the Anish Kapoor exhibition, Hayward Gallery Brian Elias: Touching the Quick; Ben Goldscheider; Anish Kapoor exhibition at Hayward GalleryReviewed 12 September 2026 Brian Elias’s music for […]
Nico Muhly, Valgeir Sigurðsson, & Ben Frost in Reykjavík in 2007 (Photo: Bedroom Community) Icelandic record label/collective Bedroom Community is 20 this year. Founded in Reykjavík in 2006 by Icelandic composer and producer Valgeir Sigurðsson, […]
The term “Metanoia” makes sense as applied to Franz Liszt: it refers to a change of life direction in response to a spiritual event or conversion. And here we have the move from Liszt the […]
Gerald Finzi: The Dance Continued, recording session – Nick Pritchard, Ian Tindale [Photo: Jan Capinski] Gerald Finzi is a composer whose music has followed tenor Nick Pritchard from his teens. Having performed as a duo […]
My final prom of the 2026 season is officially labelled “Strauss’ s Four Last Songs” – that piece the clear intended draw – but held so, so much more, not least my introduction to conductor […]
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Bach: Mass in B Minor – Arcangelo – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodoulou) Bach: Mass in B minor; Jeanine De Bique, Eva Zaïcik, Hugh Cutting, Nick Pritchard, Florian Störtz, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen; BBC […]
Edward Longstaff: The History of Mr. Polly: Part One – Robin Bailey – Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Cockpit (Photo Claire Shovelton) Edward Longstaff: The History of Mr. Polly: Part One; Robin […]
Eight Days: Louis Mander – Louisa Petaï – Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the Cockpit (Photo: Claire Shovelton) Eight Days: Louis Mander, Louisa Petaï; Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival at the CockpitReviewed […]
A few years ago, BEIJING, CHINA (Sept. 8, 2026) — The Beijing Music Festival (BMF) today announced programming for its 29th edition, taking place October 9–20, 2026, at venues across Beijing. Under the theme Beijing Cappella, the Festival […]
Broadly coinciding with Aigil Akhmetchina’s debut as Dalila at Covent Garden (which ran May 13-June 3), and released just a couple of weeks ago on 21 August 2026, Muher fatal – which means femme fatale […]
