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Saturday, 24 July 2021

The piece conveys the idea that women should be listened to: composer Gráinne Mulvey & soprano Elizabeth Hilliard chat about their latest collaboration Great Women

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Elizabeth Hilliard performing Gráinne Mulvey's Great Women in St Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle for the Dublin International Chamber ...
Friday, 23 July 2021

La Bohème in Belfast: Northern Ireland Opera makes return to live performance with Cameron Menzies' first production as artistic director

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Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast (Photo Belfast Buildings Trust ) Northern Ireland Opera is making a return to performances with live audie...

Seven Ages: Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams, Julius Drake, Victoria Newlyn at Temple Music

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Titian: Three Ages of Man (image from Titian.org ) Seven Ages - Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Poulenc, RVW, Bridge, Clarke, Butter...
Thursday, 22 July 2021

Chamber-sized version of Mahler's epic Das Lied von der Erde launches a new ensemble supporting freelance performers

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Gustav Mahler photographed in 1907 by Moritz Nähr the year before he began Das Lied von der Erde Arnold Schoenberg's  Society for Privat...

The Call: six young artists showcased in the first recital disc from Momentum

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The Call - Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Debussy, Hahn, Poulenc, Meirion WIlliams, Howells, RVW, Britten, Gurney and Rachmaninov; ...
Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Autumn season at Temple Music: intimate Mahler, Alehouse Sessions, Historical Fiction and more

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Temple Music concert in Middle Temple Hall Temple Music Foundation has announced its Autumn 2021 season of concerts in Temple Church and Mid...

Bromley & Beckenham International Music Festival returns for its second edition

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Benjamin Grosvenor at the 2020 Bromley & Beckenham International Music Festival (Photo Ting-Ru Lai/BBIMF) Created during lockdown last y...

Encounters: York Early Music Festival with Tudor motets, Elizabethan viol music, baroque cantatas and the madrigal re-imagined

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Encounters , this year's York Early Music Festival at the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) took place both live and online. The fe...
Tuesday, 20 July 2021

Des Jours Meilleurs

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French accordionist and composer Jacques Pellarin wrote Des Jours Meilleurs as an accordion solo during lockdown in 2020. He subsequently...

Music in the Round announces new concert series in Sheffield with Ensemble 360 and guests

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Music in the Round's Ensemble 360 at the Crucible, Sheffield Before the world changed in 2020, I had plans to combine a visit to Opera N...

Young contemporary composers to late Haydn: London Oriana Choir at Opera Holland Park

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London  Oriana Choir & City of London Sinfonia at Opera Holland Park Redford, Daley, Curry, Mack, Disley-Simpson, David, Haydn; Sian Dic...
Monday, 19 July 2021

Antony Hermus, principal guest conductor at Opera North, named as new chief conductor of the Belgian National Orchestra

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Antony Hermus The Dutch conductor Antony Hermus, who is Opera North's new(ish) principal guest conductor, has been named as the new chie...

We can dream: Bayreuth Baroque Festival 2021

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One of the reasons that Richard Wagner built his festival theatre in Bayreuth was because he had been recommended the town because it was th...

Real intimacy: Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady in a concert staging at The Grange Festival

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Lerner and Loewe My Fair Lady ; Ellie Laugharne, Steven Pacey, Peter Polycarpou, dir: Guy Unsworth, cond: Alfronso Casado Trigo, Bournem...
Saturday, 17 July 2021

She loves writing whatever she is writing at the time: I chat to composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad about being associate-composer of the Oxford Lieder Festival

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Cheryl Frances-Hoad rehearsing at St Johns Waterloo 2018 (Photo Maxie Gedge) When I spoke to composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad last month she ha...
Friday, 16 July 2021

Celebrating Dante

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Yoot is a London-based composer who was commissioned to write a new piece as part of Turin's celebrations of Dante's 700th annivers...
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Landscapes, Song Cycles and Folk Songs: the songs of Alun Hoddinott

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Alun Hoddinott Landscapes , The Silver Hound , Towy Landscape , folk-songs ; Claire Booth, Nicky Spence, Jeremy Huw Williams, Andrew Mat...
Thursday, 15 July 2021

Manchester Collective's new season of goodies from thrusting new composers to elder statesmen

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Manchester Collective collaborators Abel Selaocoe, Hannah Peel and Ben Nobuto Photography: Phil Sharp The Manchester Collective'...

Books are Flying

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Music producer Jacob Olofsson, known as Olovson has released a new single, Books are Flying which comes from his new album, due for relea...

Enjoyable, rare and marvellous: Lully's 'Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus' from Les Talens Lyriques

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Lully Ballet royal de la Naissance de Venus ; Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset; Aparte Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 13 July ...
Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Music to be heard at close quarters in a private chamber: Concerts à deux violes esgales from Sainte-Colombe and Marais

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A deux violes esgales - Sainte-Colombe, Marais; Myriam Rignol, Mathilde Vialle; Chateau de Versailles Spectacles Reviewed by Robert ...

To encourage more female artists to see opera and orchestral music as a viable career path: new conductor traineeship at Opera North aimed at female conductors

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Dalia Stasevska makes her UK debut with the Orchestra of Opera North (Photo Justin Slee) Opera North has announced that it is looking for ap...

Unearthing the future - Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival for 2021

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Last Summer, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival was one of the few organisations who managed to put together a season of live, indoor events wi...
Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Summer in the Square: Southbank Sinfonia brings a bit of Italian sunshine to its new home at St John's Smith Square

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Southbank Sinfonia is having a three-day festival to celebrate its new home at St John's Smith Square; Summer in the Square will featur...

Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra’s SummerFest 2021

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After a year's enforced break, Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra’s annual music gathering, SummerFest, is returning with an online edition ...

Seeking new grounds at Waterperry Opera Festival with their production Hansel and Gretel

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Waterperry Opera Festival runs from 12 to 21 August 2021 at Waterperry Gardens in Oxfordshire. In this Guest Posting from the team at the fe...
Monday, 12 July 2021

Sunshine, sand and Harmoniemusik: the Hanover Band's bandstand tour

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Period instrument ensemble, the Hanover Band, has come up with an innovative solution to performing to large audience. From 11 July 2021, th...

Dark Matter and Bach: The Undiscovered Universe from the OAE and Dr Harry Cliff

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The Undiscovered Universe - Bach, Byrd, Telemann and 'Dark Matter'; Bethany Horak-Hallett, Guy Cutting, William Gaunt, Orchestr...

Manchester Collective premiere the new string quartet from Edmund Finnis, one of the curators of this year's Spitalfields Music Festival

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Edmund Finnis Edmund Finnis, Mica Levi, Philip Glass, Stravinsky; Manchester Collective; Spitalfields Music Festival at Christ Church, Spi...
Sunday, 11 July 2021

Dr Bluebeard will see you now: Gothic Opera remakes Bartok's opera and sets it in an Edwardian sanatorium

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Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle - Gothic Opera (photo Nick Rutter) Bartok Bluebeard's Castle ; Simon Wilding, Alexandra Long, Carmin...
Saturday, 10 July 2021

Rhythm pitch and tension: composer Graham Fitkin chats about his 1990 album of multi-piano music 'Flak' which has just been digitally remastered

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Composer Graham Fitkin pictured on the original album cover his 1990 album, Flak Graham Fitkin 's album Flak was originally released in...