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Monday, 24 November 2025

This lively, engaging production drew us in with little sense of the artificial: Opera North revives Phyllida Lloyd's 1993 production of Puccini's La Boheme

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Puccini: La Boheme - Opera North (Photo: Richard H Smith) Puccini: La boheme ; Joshua Blue, Isabela Diaz, Katie Bird, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, H...
Saturday, 22 November 2025

From oratorio to remarkable dance drama: Handel's Susanna from Opera North & Phoenix Dance Theatre with Anna Dennis & James Hall

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Handel: Susanna - Anna Dennis - Opera North, Phoenix Dance Theatre (Photo: Tristram Kenton) Handel: Susanna ; Anna Dennis, James Hall, Matt...

Upstairs at Ronnie’s: I chat to James Pearson & Lizzie Ball about the new regular classical nights at Ronnie Scott's new venue

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James Pearson & Lizzie Ball (Photo: Monika C Jakubowska) In February 2026, the upstairs space at Ronnie Scott 's will reopen as Upst...
Friday, 21 November 2025

Libby Croad's Rivers released by The Dionysius Ensemble alongside photos from the project's Slough-wide Jubilee River photography competition

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When I spoke to composer Libby Croad earlier this year [see my interview , 'Something juicy that you can get your teeth into'] she ...

Letter from Florida: Let us take a stand together hand in hand, Hans Krasa's Brundibar from Sarasota Opera

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Hans Krasa: Brundibar - Kayla Farrell (Brundibar) - Sarasota Opera (Sarasota Youth Opera) Raise up your voice: Intolerance through the voice...
Thursday, 20 November 2025

“You can take a girl out of Cuba, but you can’t take Cuba out of a girl” - Odaline de la Martinez finds her voice as a composer

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Odaline de la Martinez (Photo: Malcolm Crowther) Born in Cuba, and brought up in the USA, and based in the UK, in this guest posting compose...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Engaging delight & profound melancholy: Purcell celebrates St Cecilia whilst Blow & Henry Hall lament his death in Dunedin Consort's concert at Wigmore Hall

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John Blow by Robert White, line engraving, published 1700 NPG D1075 © National Portrait Gallery, London Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasure...

Classical & grime to disco, pop, & jazz: Brixton Chamber Orchestra's Christmas Estates Tour 2025

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Brixton Chamber Orchestra's annual Christmas Estates Tour is back for 2025. From 12 to 21 December 2025, the orchestra will be taking se...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025

From A Queer Holiday Extravaganza to Messiah to Corelli & Locatelli on tour: Christmas with Royal Northern Sinfonia

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A Christmas Gaiety 2022 : Peaches Christmas and Edwin Outwater The Royal Northern Sinfonia is certainly going all out for Christmas in the s...

Faith, fragility, & the passing of time: new work by Arthur Keegan alongside Messiaen for Hebrides Ensemble's Scottish tour

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Arthur Keegan (Photo: Alejandro S Garrido) The Hebrides Ensemble has announced a new tour in February 2026. Music for Time will tour to Dum...

A real radio opera: Claire Booth as a pianist labouring under the absurdity of life in Stalin's Russia in Joe Cutler's Sonata for Broken Fingers

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J oe Cutler: Sonata for Broken Fingers ; Claire Booth, Stephen Richardson, Christopher Lemmings, James Cleverton, Lucy Schaufer, BCMG, Sian ...
Monday, 17 November 2025

National Centre for Early Music & BBC Radio 3 announce the 2026 Young Composers Award writing for The Gonzaga Band

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The Gonzaga Band Each year the National Centre for Early Music Young Composers Award 2026 is presented by the National Centre for Early Musi...

The Journey of Strings: Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas explores the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America

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Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas has been fulfilling a dream to explore the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America star...

Youthful & engaging with relish for text & drama: Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea from HGO at Jackson's Lane Theatre

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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea - Hera Protopapas (Nerone), Theano Papadaki (Poppea) - HGO at Jackson's Lane Theatre (Photo:...
Sunday, 16 November 2025

From Amy Beach to Lori Laitman & Zachary James Bramble: The Life and Loves of Sarah Teasdale gave us the chance to explore contemporary American late-romanticism at London Song Festival

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Sara Teasdale. Photograph by Gerhard Sisters, ca. 1910 Missouri History Museum Photograph and Print Collection The Life and Loves of Sarah T...
Saturday, 15 November 2025

The Rain Keeps Coming: Amelia Clarkson, the youngest female composer ever commissioned by the Ulster Orchestra, on her new work for them which premiered last month

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Amelia Clarkson The Rain Keeps Coming by Northern Irish composer Amelia Clarkson was premiered by the Ulster Orchestra at the Ulster Hall...
Friday, 14 November 2025

A spectacular new waterside home planned for Hamburg State Opera, designed by BIG architecture studio

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BIG - designs for Hamburg State Opera, renders by Yanis Amasri (images: BIG) Hamburg State Opera is on the move, or at least plans to be. T...

The Sixteen Ignite, a new, fully-funded, dedicated talent pathway for young singers

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The Sixteen has announced a new strand to its Learning & Participation programme which seeks to support young singers in finding a pathw...

Agnes Baltsa, Marina Rebeka, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, Adèle Charvet, Hugh Cutting & many more rewarded at the 2025 International Opera Awards in Athens

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Agnes Baltsa, Lifetime Achievement Award winner International Opera Awards 2025 - (Photo: GNO/Simopoulos) 'Tis the season for awards. Ho...
Thursday, 13 November 2025

A concert celebrating the legacy of the legendary classical guitarist, Julian Bream, at Wigmore Hall promises a great night for guitar aficionados.

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Thibaut Garcia, Continuing the legacy of the brilliant and pioneering British classical guitarist, Julian Bream, the equally brilliant Fren...
Wednesday, 12 November 2025

2025 Ivors Classical Awards: Anibal Vidal, Anna Clyne, Helen Grime, Jonathan Dove, Luke Mombrea, Nneka Cummins, Anne Dudley, Anoushka Shankar and Debbie Wiseman

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Jonathan Dove and April de Angelis, winners of the Award for Best Community and Participation Composition at The Ivors Classical Awards [Ph...

Poetic exploration: Ensemble Près de votre oreille in an engaging exploration of chamber & vocal music by William Lawes

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Lighten mine eies -  William Lawes: selected psalms & harp consorts; Ensemble Près de votre oreille, Robin Pharo; Harmonia Mundi Reviewe...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Shimmer: the National Youth Orchestra launches 2026 with impressions of Spain and Anne Clyne's dancing cello

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The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) launches 2026 with  Shimmer,  a three-date tour where the orchestra will be conducted by Alexandre Bloch ...

The other brother: music by Galileo Galilei's younger brother on this lovely new EP

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It is now moderately well-known that the great scientist Galileo Galilei's father, Vincenzo was a fine musician and there have been musi...