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Friday, 9 January 2026

Vivanco’s ‘lost’ Requiem: Conductor David Allinson on unearthing new treasures from the Spanish Golden Age

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David Allinson and The Renaissance Singers at Holy Sepulchre London, The Renaissance Singers is a chamber choir with a difference. One of Lo...
Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Connection beyond boundaries: a symphonic work inspired by Esoteric Buddhism, Symphony Kūkai to be performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall

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Statue of 8th-century Japanese Master Kūkai The 8th-century Japanese Master Kūkai journeyed across the sea to Tang-China to study Esoteric ...

Opera comes to Clapham Grand: The Merry Opera Company in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte

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Built as The New Grand Theatre of Varieties in 1900 by a consortium of music-hall artistes, the Grand in Clapham has been through various vi...
Thursday, 1 January 2026

As we wish everyone a Happy New Year, it is a time to look back at 2025 and celebrate

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Musgrave: Mary, Queen of Scots - Heidi Stober & cast in the Act One party scene - English National Opera, 2025 (Photo: Ellie Kurttz) A...
Wednesday, 31 December 2025

2025 in Opera Reviews: rare Rameau, rarer Handel, the Barber in Benidorm, Iphigenia in Blackheath, Wagner at Holland Park, Mary Queen of Scots returns, & Maria Stuarda as kinetic music theatre

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Handel: Deidamia - Nicolò Balducci - Wexford Festival Opera (Photo: Pádraig Grant) Opera in 2025 featured a genuine rarity in Thea Musgrave...
Tuesday, 30 December 2025

2025 in Concert Reviews: women's voices, Barenboim defying age, rare melodrama, Ukraine at war, Big Baroque, and much-delayed Bliss

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Bach: Mass in B Minor - Peter Whelan, Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin The unusual, the rare and the un...
Monday, 29 December 2025

Letter from Florida: Manfred Honeck conducts Mahler’s 4th with New World Symphony in Miami

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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Manfred Honeck, New World Symphony - New World Center, Miami Johann Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus , Haydn: S...
Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Season's Greetings from all at Planet Hugill

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Dublin and the River Liffey, taken during Robert's recent trip to Dublin and Wexford . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year   from   Rob...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Carrying the narrative strongly & directly: Solomon's Knot in Handel's Israel in Egypt at Wigmore Hall

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Solomon's Knot Handel:  Israel in Egypt ; Solomon's Knot; Wigmore Hall Reviewed 22 December 2025 Daringly performing Handel's gr...
Monday, 22 December 2025

Well-upholstered & rather different: On Christmas Night from London Choral Sinfonia & Michael Waldron on Orchid Classics

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On Christmas Night :  Percy Fletcher, Jim Clements, Howard Blake, Harold Darke, Alec Rowley, Holst, Adolph Adam, Iain Farrington, Owain Park...

Christmas Megamix: Brixton Chamber Orchestra's final gig in its Christmas Estates Tour 2025

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Brixton Chamber Orchestra & Matthew O'Keeffe at Stockwell Park Estate Community Trust Last night (Sunday 21 December 2025), Brixton ...
Sunday, 21 December 2025

Letter from Florida: Opera Up-Close - Unveiling the Dramatic Process with Paul Curran at Palm Beach Opera

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Opera Up-Close - Mozart: Don Giovanni - Evan Lazdowski as Leporello and Erik Tofte as Giovanni - Palm Beach Opera (Photo: Kelly O'Brie...
Saturday, 20 December 2025

The extreme psychological approach weakened the dramaturgy: Handel's Ariodante returns to Covent Garden in new production by Jetske Mijnssen

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Handel: Ariodante - Royal Opera House (Photo: Bill Knight/RBO) Handel's Ariodante; Jacquelyn Stucker, Emily D'Angelo, Christophe D...
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Friday, 19 December 2025

Enjoying it for its own sake: there is much we don't know about 17th-century Exeter organist John Lugge but on this new disc William Whitehead leaves us engaged & intrigued

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The Forbidden Fruit : organ music by John Lugge; William Whitehead; Editions Hortus Reviewed 15 December 2025 Using a French organ that prov...

Aldeburgh Festival 2026: our East Anglia-based correspondent Tony Cooper takes a deep dive into the delights on offer at next year's festival

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The 77th edition of the Aldeburgh Festival comes round in flaming June while marking the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s death and, t...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Beyond St Cecilia: Purcell's large-scale ode alongside superb anthems by his contemporaries Humfrey & Blow from The English Concert & Harry Bicket at Wigmore Hall

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The Stationers' Hall where Purcell's Hail, Bright Cecilia was premiered in 1692 Humfrey: O Lord my God , Blow: I was glad , Purcell:...
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

'The Lord gave the word': communicability to the fore in Handel's Messiah from Academy of Ancient Music & Laurence Cummings

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The chapel of the Foundling Hospital where Handel performed Messiah annually Handel: Messiah ; Nardus Williams, Reginald Mobley, Thomas Wal...

Pianist Alessio Bax leads the inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music at Smith Square Hall as its Doors Open project gathers momentum

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Smith Square Hall (Image: Burrell Foley Fischer) The inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music takes place 25-29 March 2026 at Smith Square...