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Monday, 20 November 2017

Joyce DiDonato thrills as Rossini's Semiramide at Covent Garden

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Rossini: Semiramide - Michele Pertusi - Royal Opera (Photo Bill Cooper) Rossini Semiramide ; Joyce DiDonato, Daniela Barcellona, La...
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Grand dramatic sweep and an elusive heroine: Nico Muhly's Marnie premieres at ENO

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Nico Muhly: Marnie - The hunt scene - English National Opera (Photo Richard Hubert Smith) Nico Muhly Marnie ; Sasha Cooke, Daniel O...
Saturday, 18 November 2017

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Planet Hugill has been placed at number 45 in the website Musicaroo 's Top 100 Independent Music Blogs .

Distant Love: Ashley Riches & Anna Huntley in Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Duparc & more

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Ashley Riches (Photo Debbie Scanlon) Beethoven, Mahler, Poulenc, Schubert, Schuman, Duparc, Berlioz, Amy Woodforde-Finden, Frank Br...
Friday, 17 November 2017

Britten Sinfonia's At Lunch starts today

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The Britten Sinfonia 's 2017-2018 season of At Lunch concerts begins today at the Wigmore Hall (17/11/2017), with each concert in the...

Fables re-sung

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Liszt, Schumann, Wolf, Caplet, Bennett; Anna Sideeris, Brian McAlea, Lara Marie Müller, Dylan Perez; re-sung at Bloomsbury Baptist Chur...

Respighi and Debussy from Lisa Ueda and Daniele Rinaldo

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Daniele Rinaldo & Lisa Ueda at Abbey Road Studios On Tuesday 14 December 2017 we went to a recital for the launch of a new disc by ...
Thursday, 16 November 2017

In the wake of oppression: Weinberg and Prokofiev's fifth symphonies

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Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Sergei Prokofiev Fifth Symphonies ; Sinfonia Iuventus, Gabriel Chmura; Warner Classics Reviewed by R...

Stravinsky's Rake at Wilton's

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Robert Murray and Susannah Hurrell in rehearsal for The Rakes Progress with OperaGlass Works (Photo OperaGlass Works) A new opera compa...

Friday Afternoons at Snape Maltings and beyond

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Children at Snape Maltings' Friday Afternoons project (Photo: Snape Maltings) On 17 November 2017 (the nearest Friday to Britten...
Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Gediminas Gelgotas - new violin concerto and music for double bass

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Lithuanian composer Gediminas Gelgotas who is founder and artistic director of the New Ideas Chamber Orchestra , is writing a new violin co...

Mad King Suibhne returns

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Noah Mosley's Mad King Suibhne at Bury Court Opera in 2017 Noah Mosley 's opera Mad King Suibhne premiered at Bury Court Opera...

The contemporary string quartet: Borusan Quartet in Pärt, Uçarsu, Glass, Vasks

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Arvo Pärt, Hasan Uçarsu, Philip Glass, Pēteris Vasks; The Borusan Quartet; Onyx Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on N...
Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Imaginative Rememberance Day concert in Brighton

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Matthew Trusler (Photo Sheila Rock) Bach (orchestrated Stokowski), Britten, Butterworth, RVW; Matthew Trusler, Brighton Philharmoni...

A raw spine tingling delight: Peter Maxwell Davies' The Lighthouse from Shadwell Opera

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Paul Curievici, Pauls Putnins, Owain Browne - Maxwell Davies: The Lighthouse - Shadwell Opera (photo Nick Rutter) Peter Maxwell Da...

Spirit messages & madness: Jessica Duchen on the true story behind her Ghost Variations

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A troubled violin virtuoso, a lost concerto, a composer on the edge of madness and a world on the brink of war; these are the fascinating ...
Monday, 13 November 2017

Bach's Christmas Oratorio concludes BREMF 2017

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Bach Christmas Oratorio ; Hannah Ely, Rebecca Leggett, Hugo Hymas, Simon Wallfisch, BREMF Singers & Players, John Hancorn; Brighton...

Illuminating the text: predominantly youthful cast in BREMF's staging of Monteverdi's first opera

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Brighton Early Music Festival (Photo Robert Piwko) Monteverdi L'Orfeo ; Rory Carver, Helen Charlston...
Sunday, 12 November 2017

'The quintessence of German Romanticism' - Schumann's Liederkreis from Ailish Tynan & James Newby

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James Newby (Photo Ben Mckee) Schumann Liederkreis Op.24 & 39; Ailish Tynan, James Newby, Nigel Foster; London Song Festival a...
Saturday, 11 November 2017

So what exactly is an haut-contre?

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Samuel Boden (Photo: Marco Borggreve) The haut-contre, that high tenor voice so necessary for French baroque repertoire, is a fascinatin...