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Saturday, 14 June 2025
A sonic portrait of British Jewish families: composer Na'ama Zisser on the JMI Archive
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Tai Rona at the launch event for the JMI Archive at Stone Nest The Jewish Music Institute (JMI) is the UK’s home for Jewish music and for d...
Friday, 13 June 2025
The one where Dido kills Aeneas: Oliver Platt radically refocuses Purcell's opera at Guildhall School
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas - Joshua Saunders as Aeneas with the Witches - Guildhall School (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge) Purcell: Dido and...
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Redefining "Success" as a Classical Musician
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Stevens & Pound - Delia Stevens and Will Pound On 21 June 2025 at Stromness Town Hall as part of the St Magnus Festival, the duo Stevens...
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
From kazoo & harpsichord to large electronically-augmented ensemble: Alex Paxton's Delicious on New Amsterdam Records is a multi-layered maximalist delight:
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Alex Paxton: Delicious - Scrunchy Touch Sweetly to Fall (kite and finger run), Shrimp BIT Baby Face, Dadd's Fairies, Justgum Friends, S...
Window of opportunity: City Music Foundation opens applications for its 2025 programme
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CMF Artists Connaught Brass City Music Foundation (CMF) is opening its 2025 programme to applications from Friday 13 June 2025, giving emerg...
Esprit Submergé: French string quartet Page Blanche give the first UK performances of Luke Styles' new string quartet
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Page Blanche is a string quartet made up of musicians from the Orchestre de Paris, but with a twist they are violin, viola, cello and double...
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
A valuable window onto the sound world of the Tudor Court on progress: Henry VIII on Tour from Ensemble Pro Victoria & Toby Ward
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Henry VIII on Tour: music from Tudor Royal Progresses - William Cornysh, William Rasar, John Redford, Dionisius Prioris, Philippe Verdelot,...
Eternal Light: the seventh Summer Music in City Churches returns to the City of London
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The seventh Summer Music in City Churches returns to the City of London from 18 to 27 June, celebrating choral music in the City's chur...
Monday, 9 June 2025
Orpheus Sinfonia commissions concertos from three major female composers, Cheryl Frances Hoad, Roxanna Panufnik and Sally Beamish
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Orpheus Sinfonia The Orpheus Sinfonia, a young professional orchestra founded in 2009, created its Foundation Programme in 2023. The Foundat...
Out of the ashes: Cambridge Schola, formed out of the disbanded St John's Voices, joins with BBC Singers for Rachmaninov's Vespers at Ely Cathedral
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Cambridge Schola Around this time last year, St John's College, Cambridge disbanded St John's Voices, the mixed voice choir based ...
Diverse & eclectic: Peter Cigleris & Amaia Quartet in clarinet quintets by Mozart & the 20th century English composer David Gow
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Silhouette of the clarinettist Anton Stadler For whom Mozart wrote the Clarinet Quintet David Gow, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mozart; Peter Ci...
Saturday, 7 June 2025
A lot more emotional resonance than you might expect: Jonathan Dove & Alasdair Middleton's Itch return to Opera Holland Park shows it is more than a rattling good yarn
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Jonathan Dove: Itch - Xavier Hetherington - Opera Holland Park (Photo: Craig Fuller) Jonathan Dove & Alasdair Middleton: Itch ; Xavier ...
Intrigued by stories & narratives: members of Apollo's Cabinet on their musical exploration of the world of 18th century actress Kitty Clive
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Apollo's Cabinet at Bachfest Leipzig in 2024 (Photo: Emanuel Mathias) The early music ensemble Apollo's Cabinet is known for its ev...
Friday, 6 June 2025
Back to the 1890s: Dinis Sousa & the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment move out of their comfort zone reveal magic moments in Elgar
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Elgar - Dinis Sousa, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Queen Elizabeth Hall Elgar: In the South , Sea Pictures , Enigma Variations ; F...
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Dazzling aural journeys where the political commentary and sheer playfulness combine with a serious purpose: Anselm McDonnell's Politics of the Imagination
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Anselm McDonnell: Stop Small Boats , Politics of the Imagination , The Union is our God , Cross-Purposes; Crash Ensemble, London Symphony O...
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Kirklees Concert Season 2025/26: Orchestra of Opera North's year round concert season in Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls
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Elena Urioste, Gary Walker & Orchestra of Opera North at Huddersfield Town Hall The Kirklees Concert Season is a year-round programme o...
Festival of Musical Ideas: Gresham College holds inaugural festival fusing music with science and the humanities
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Gresham College is hosting the inaugural Festival of Musical Ideas on Friday 20 June 2025 at the college in Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn. G...
A Capella Summer School: work with Frances M Lynch of Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall
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Performer, composer, director Frances M Lynch, who is the artistic director of Electric Voice Theatre , the contemporary music-theatre acapp...
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Tuesday, 3 June 2025
1-2-3 Engegård Quartet! Norwegian ensemble celebrates 20 years at its own festival in Oslo
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The Engegård Quartet has been playing together for 20 years and this year its 1-2-3 Festival in Norway celebrates its 10th anniversary. For ...
Grimeborn 2025: The first staging of John Joubert's Jane Eyre alongside Tristan, Lucia, Don Giovanni & more
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The Grimeborn Festival returns to Arcola Theatre from 16 July to 13 September 2025 for a season which includes fresh versions of classics su...
Monday, 2 June 2025
Sundays at the London Sketch Club: concerts from students and alumni of the Royal College of Music in their historic studio
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The London Sketch Club The London Sketch Club was founded in the late 19th century as a club for professional artists and illustrators. Toda...
To invigorate the artistic life of the area: High Barnet Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary
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Dr Joshua Ballance, founder of the High Barnet Chamber Music Festival The High Barnet Chamber Music Festival is celebrating its fifth annive...
With Helena Dix in top form, bel canto fireworks illuminate La straniera, a Bellini rarity given a welcome outing by Chelsea Opera Group
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Bellini: La straniera - Helena Dix acknowledging applause at Chelsea Opera Group performance Cadogan Hall (Photo: c/o Helena Dix ) Bellini:...
Saturday, 31 May 2025
A terrific sense of collaboration: composer Colin Matthews and writer William Boyd on their first opera, A Visit to Friends
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William Boyd and Colin Mathews (Photo: Mark Allan) During his long career the composer Colin Matthews has been associated with several othe...
Friday, 30 May 2025
Something memorable: Jacqueline Stucker, David Bates & La Nuova Musica in Handel's Alcina & Rodelinda, plus Telemann at Wigmore Hall
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Jacqueline Stucker History's Lovers : Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte , Handel: arias from Alcina , & Rodelinda , ...
Impressive debuts: Opera Holland Park's first Wagner opera, Der fliegende Holländer is something of a triumph
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Eleanor Dennis, Paul Carey Jones - Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Wagner: Der fliegende Hollände...
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