The award-winning English cellist Richard Harwood is playing out his final month in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra before making a change of direction. He writes: A couple of months ago, I reached the sad decision […]
Samling Masterclass at Marchmont House (Photo: Mark Pinder) On Saturday 30 November 2024, Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli, pianist Caroline Dowdle and actor James Garnon will guide eight rising stars from the Samling Artist Programme through […]
At the beginning of the 1870s, Smetana faced a rising number of challenges to his position of artistic director of Prague’s opera ensemble. From this tense and pressured period for the composer sprang a work […]