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Thursday, 18 October 2018

Looking Ahead: James Willshire's Debussy Festival

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James Willshire Pianist James Willshire has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of Debussy's death by presenting the composer...

The English Concert is celebrating its 45th anniversary

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The English Concert is celebrating its 45 anniversary year. Now directed by Harry Bicket, the ensemble was founded in 1973 by harpsichordi...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018

From Beethoven to Rock

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I first came across the pianist AyseDeniz Gockin some years ago playing her own classical piano arrangements of Pink Floyd in the Hospita...

Southbank Sinfonia and Vladimir Ashkenazy in Grieg, Prokofiev and Beethoven

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Vladimir Ashkenazy Grieg, Prokofiev, Beethoven; Southbank Sinfonia, Vladimir Ashkenazy; Milton Court Concert Hall Reviewed by R...

Looking ahead: Prelude - skydiving from a dream

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In 2015 the Scottish Ensemble collaborated with Andersson Dance and the Swedish choreographer Örjan Andersson to produce Goldberg Variati...
Tuesday, 16 October 2018

Wolfgang Holzmair in Suffolk and Oxford

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Wolfgang Holzmair The great Austrian baritone Wolfgang Holzmair is making welcome appearances in Suffolk and Oxford this month as he and...

A Bernstein Celebration - London Song Festival

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Bernstein conducting the New York City Symphony Orchestera (1945) A Bernstein Celebration ; Lucy Knight, Sophie Goldrick, Grainne Gill...

Hansel and Gretel (a nightmare in eight scenes)

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Hansel & Gretel: a nightmare in eight scenes - Goldfield Productions (Photo Still Moving Media courtesy Cheltenham Music Festival)...

100 years of Nine Lessons & Carols

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On Christmas Eve 1918, King's College Chapel introduced a new service which aimed to bring a more imaginative approach to worship, com...

Imagine It!

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As part of the Summer 2018 residential courses, the National Youth Training Choir (part of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain ) ma...
Monday, 15 October 2018

Something for everyone: Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' from English National Opera

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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Nmon Ford, Nicole Cabell - English National Opera (Photo Tristram Kenton) Gershwin Porgy and Bess ; Eric G...

Handel's Radamisto from English Touring Opera

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Handel: Radamisto - William Towers, Katie Bray - English Touring Opera (Photo Richard Hubert Smith) Handel Radamisto ; William Towers,...
Sunday, 14 October 2018

Independent Opera showcase.

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Svetlina Stoyanova, Michael Mofidian, Ida Ränzlöv, Claire Lees Independent Opera is showcasing its current group of recipients of Indepe...
Saturday, 13 October 2018

Portrait of a life (or many): Art songs from the African diaspora

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Margaret Bonds Portrait of a life (or many): Art songs from the African diaspora ; Nadine Benjamin, Nigel Foster, Michael Harper; St J...

Crowd-funding & collaboration: new choral music from Lumen

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Benjamin Thiele-Long and Lumen There are a surprising number of composers who operate under the radar, without a significant media prese...
Friday, 12 October 2018

Calypsos and Dancing Masters: The 13th Malcolm Arnold Festival

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Sir Malcom Arnold The 13th Malcolm Arnold Festival takes place this weekend (13 & 14 October 2018) in and around Northampton, partic...

Double concerto for Bandoneon and Violin

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JP Jofre Double concerto for violin and bandoneon ; JP Jofre, Michael Guttman, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Reviewed by Robert Hugill o...

Ten years: Kings Place celebrates in style

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Amazingly, Kings Place is ten years old and so well has the venue entered London's artistic consciousness that it feels as if it has ...
Thursday, 11 October 2018

Celebrating Black History Month

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As part of Black History Month (which runs during October), the UK's leading multi-racial opera company Pegasus Opera (also my local o...

Alex Paxton's Noggin the Nog and the Whale

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Remember Noggin the Nog ? The TV series, and illustrated books, created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin telling the story of Noggin, w...