Highlights include: Britten Weekend marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Auschwitz Aurora Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony from memory and is joined by Chloë Hanslip for Prokofiev’s […]
The Murdock-Whitney House, Winchendon History & Cultural Centre Andrew Arceci is an American viola da gamba, violone, and bass player who studied at the Peabody Conservatory, The Juilliard School, and at Oxford. His UK performances […]
This is the latest of Classical Explorer‘s Miller’s daughters: Andrè Schun was a single release; Christoph Prégardien’s (part of a set of the great cycles); there is even a “pub edition” on Rubicon!. Ian Bostridge […]
Mozart’s Requiem: David Crown conducts Cheltenham Bach Choir and the Musical & Amicable Society at Cheltenham Town Hall This year the Cheltenham Music Festival celebrated its 80th birthday [see my review of the closing concert]. The […]
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 […]
