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Monday, 13 February 2023

Celebrating Aram Khachaturian: Armenian State Symphony Orchestra launches ten-date UK tour today

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Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, artistic director Sergey Smbatyan 2023 is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Armenian composer Aram Kh...

A double celebration: JAM's Music of our Time is both a celebration of new music and a celebration of Onyx Brass' 30th birthday

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  St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London (Photo: Tristan Fewings) On 21 March 2023, JAM opens its 2023 season with its annual Music of ...

Opera North's 2023 Resonance residences, genres from jazz and R&B to ambient, and rooted in traditional music from across Africa and Asia

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Artists taking part in Opera North's Resonance residencies 2023 Opera North has announced the latest round of Resonance residences, its ...

Tectonics Glasgow 2023

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Tectonics Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's (BBC SSO) festival of new and experimental music returns on 29 and 30 April 20...

This year’s Aldeburgh Festival, the 74th edition, features a stellar line-up of international performers offering a wealth of music across a wholesome 17 days. Tony Cooper reports

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Snape Maltings The Aldeburgh Festival (Friday 9 to Sunday 25 June) opens with a Britten Pears Arts ...
Sunday, 12 February 2023

The Golden Road to Samarkand: the Britten Sinfonia brings together two very different musical explorations of the Middle East

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Britten Sinfonia, Joseph Tawadros (oud), conducted by Jamie Phillips at Milton Court Concert Hall - (Photo: Britten Sinfonia) Joseph Tawadro...
Saturday, 11 February 2023

From Paderewski to Edmund Finnis, Le piano symphonique's daring double-concert in Lucerne

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Paderewski: Piano Concerto - Yoav Levanon, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra - Le Piano Symphonique, KKL Luzern (Photo: Philipp Schmidli) Paderews...

New music should not be seen as extra-terrestrial, it should not generate fear: I chat to composer Ana Sokolović, artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec

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Ana Sokolovic (Photo: Jérome Bertrand) In the third of my interviews devoted to exploring music in Canada [previously, I chatted to Alexande...
Thursday, 9 February 2023

Fluidity and intimacy: Martha Argerich in Schumann's Piano Concerto at Le Piano Symphonique festival in Lucerne

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Schumann: Piano Concerto - Martha Argerich, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra - Le Piano Symphonique, KKL Luzern (Photo: Philipp Schmidli) Brahms:...
Wednesday, 8 February 2023

London Philharmonic Orchestra's inaugural Fellow Conductors

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LPO Fellow Conductors: Charlotte Politi and Luis Castillo-Briceño  The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) has announced its inaugural Fello...
Tuesday, 7 February 2023

Sir George Benjamin and Alex Paxton amongst award winners at this year Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung 2023 prizes

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George Benjamin (Photo: Rui Camilo © EvS Musikstiftung) In a ceremony in the Hercules Room of the Residenz in Munich on 26 May 2023, the 202...

Northern Ireland Opera: a new opera for teen audiences, The Salon Series and Puccini's Tosca

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Northern Ireland Opera is having a busy time of it under its artistic director Cameron Menzies. Later this month, NI Opera is launching The ...
Monday, 6 February 2023

Winchester Chamber Music Festival 2023: Huw Watkins as composer-in-residence, plus a new Robin Holloway piece

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Huw Watkins (Photo Benjamin Ealovega) The Winchester Chamber Music Festival, artistic director Kate Gould, returns to St Paul's Church, ...

By the sea: Michele Deiana's new work for saxophone quartet

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Michele Deiana is an Italian composer based in London. His By the Sea is a new work for saxophone quartet, recorded by the Perpetuo Saxoph...

Down in The Forest, something stirs: The Opera Makers reviving Ethel Smyth's rarely performed second opera, Der Wald

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Interest in the music of Ethel Smyth has developed significantly over the last decade, and companies are starting to understand that her out...
Saturday, 4 February 2023

Unexpected creativity: cellist Margaret Maria and soprano Donna Brown talk about the joys of collaboration on the words and music of their album Between Worlds

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Donna Brown and Margaret Maria Cellist and composer Margaret Maria and soprano Donna Brown , both Canadian, have been collaborating on an a...
Friday, 3 February 2023

It's Today! A Out of the Shadows - 3 February 2023

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As you are probably aware, our concert Out of the Shadows takes place today, Friday, 3 February 2023 at Hinde Street Methodist Church, Lon...
Thursday, 2 February 2023

Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir

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Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir; Estonian National Male Choir, Mikk Üleoja, Theodor Sink; Toccata Classics Reviewed 27 January...
Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Peter Grimes in Paris: a powerful performance from Allan Clayton as he leads the Paris revival of Deborah Warner's striking production

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Britten: Peter Grimes - Simon Keenlyside, Allan Clayton - Paris Opera (Photo Vincent Pontet/OnP) Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes ; Allan Cla...
Saturday, 28 January 2023

Over 3000 performers, Photos of August Manns and the chorus and orchestra at the 1897 Handel Festival at Crystal Palace

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  August Manns at the Handel Festival at Crystal Palace in 1897 In 1856, the idea arose of commemorating the centenary of the death of Hande...