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Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Ailsa Dixon premiere

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Ailsa Dixon (centre) with Dobrinka Tabakova and Cheryl Frances Hoad at the London Oriana Choir's concert in July 2017 The British co...
Monday, 17 February 2020

Beethoven piano sonata marathon at the Birmingham Conservatoire

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Beethoven in 1803 Whilst cycles of Beethoven piano sonatas are not surprisingly popping up in various places during his anniversary year...
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Welcome rarity: Verdi's Luisa Miller receives a strong musical performance in Barbora Horáková's new production at ENO

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Verdi: Luisa Miller - David Junghoon Kim, Elizabeth Llewellyn - English National Opera ( © Tristram Kenton) Verdi Luisa Miller ; Eliz...
Saturday, 15 February 2020

Extinction, Nature overwhelmed and toxic masculinity: music by Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Laurence Osborn, Liza Lim from the Riot Ensemble at Kings Place

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Extinction Events - Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Laurence Osborn, Liza Lim; Riot Ensemble, Aaron Holloway-Nahum; Kings Place Reviewed by R...

Teamwork, resilience, self-discipline: teaching life-skills through music, I chat to Truda White of MiSST (Music in Secondary Schools Trust)

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MiSST at the London Palladium MiSST (Music in Secondary Schools Trust) is not, perhaps, a well-known charity but it has the support of...
Friday, 14 February 2020

A vividly engaged account of Schubert's Death and the Maiden from the conductorless string orchestra, 12 Ensemble

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John Tavener, Franz Schubert, Oliver Leith, Sigur Rós; 12 Ensemble; Sancho Panza Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 14 February 2020 Sta...

Until we meet again

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Martin Tillman - Until We Meet Again on Vimeo . Acclaimed Swiss cellist, EMMY-nominated composer and long-time Hans Zimmer collaborator...

City Music Foundation 2020 Artist Applications now open

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City Music Foundations Artists 2019/20 Applications are now open for the 8th consecutive intake of the City Music Foundation's two-y...
Thursday, 13 February 2020

Kokoschka's Doll: a new melodrama inspired by the tempestuous affair between Alma Mahler and Oscar Kokoschka is the starting point for this new disc

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Kokoschka's Doll - Alma Mahler, Alexander Zemlinsky, Gustav Mahler, Anton Webern, David Matthews, Richard Wagner, Richard Wagner/Fr...

Southbank Sinfonia launches its 2020 season

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Soutbank Sinfonia The Southbank Sinfonia has re-stocked with 33 new musicians and is about to launch its 2020 season. Tonight (13 Februa...
Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Whither Must I Wander? - A young American duo bring poetry & imagination to a voyage around RVW's 'Songs of Travel'

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Whither Must I Wander - Vaughan Williams, Keel, Howells, Copland, Medtner, Schumann; Will Liverman, Jonathan King; Odradek Records R...

Opera Rara and Casa Ricordi

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When Opera Rara performs or records one of the rarely performed opera, which give the company its raison d'être, a new edition is ofte...

A fantastically bizarre 17th Century Sicilian oratorio - Falvetti's Il diluvio universale receives its UK premiere in Rotherhithe

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Messina Cathedral, Sicily, where Michelangelo Falvetti was director of music Michelangelo Falvetti (1642-1693) is not a well-known name....
Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Yan Pascal Tortelier & Iceland Symphony Orchestra's 70th birthday tour reaches London with Yeol Eun Son in Ravel and Anna Thorvaldsdottir's riveting Aeriality

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Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Photo Iceland Symphony Orchestra) Bizet, Ravel, Thorvaldsdo...

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective makes its Wigmore Hall debut

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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Mark Simpson (clarinet), Amy Harman (bassoon), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Elena Urioste (violin), Juan-M...

Bringing the music to vibrant life: Owen Rees & Contrapunctus explore the enthusiasm for Josquin's music in 16th century Spain

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Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin's Spanish legacy - Morales, Guerrero, Victoria, Josquin Desprez; Contrapunctus, Owen Rees; Signum Clas...
Monday, 10 February 2020

International Opera Awards 2020

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The chorus of Welsh National Opera in Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes - (Photo Johan Person) The 2020 International Opera Awards will be a...

Ealing Music and Film Festival

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The Ealing Music and Film Festival returns on 12 February 2020 for the eighth festival, giving five days and music and film in and around ...

Les vêpres Siciliennes: Verdi's French Grand Opera makes a rare appearance in Welsh National Opera's striking new production

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Verdi: Les vêpres siciliennes - Wojtek Gierlach, Anush Hovhannisyan, Jung Soo Yun Welsh National Opera (Photo Johan-Person) Verdi Le...
Saturday, 8 February 2020

For a piece to suit the requirements of a particular occasion is the ultimate praise: composer Bernard Hughes chats about his approach to composing & his new disc of music for narrator & orchestra, Not Now, Bernard!

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David McKee's Not Now, Bernard! (Publisher Andersen Press) Bernard Hughes (Photo SJ Field) I first came across Bernard Hughes ...