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Tuesday, 16 July 2024

A rich sophistication of thought running through this programme that seems worlds away from the typical debut recital: Awakenings from Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill

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Awakenings : Brahms, Saint-Saens, Wolf, Schoenberg, Stenhamer, Rebecca Clarke, Prokofiev, Hugh Wood, Jake Heggie, Weill, Britten: Laurence K...

Appealing to an opera audience with song repertoire: Opera in Song returns to Opera Holland Park

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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin - James Baillieu, Julien Van Mellaerts, Christopher Purves - Opera in Song at Opera Holland Park, 2022 Opera ...
Monday, 15 July 2024

London Mozart Players in 2024/25: Resident at Fairfield Halls, performing at Smith Square Hall & on the South coast, plus a new season at St Martin-in-the-Fields

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London Mozart Players is resident at Fairfield Halls, Croydon and performs at Smith Square Hall and on the South coast, but in addition the ...

Dynamic duo: director Adele Thomas and creative producer Sarah Crabtree to take over as WNO's General Director and CEO

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Adele Thomas Welsh National Opera has announced that opera and theatre director Adele Thomas and creative producer Sarah Crabtree will joint...

Fine singing and vivid character in this revival of John Cox's vintage production of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - David Ireland, Claire Lees - Garsington Opera, 2024 (Photo: Julian Guidera) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro ; David...
Saturday, 13 July 2024

An intuitive abstract Sudoku working with sound parameters and with no single solution: Chilean composer Aníbal Vidal on writing music

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The Brompton Quartet, Aníbal Vidal & Ignacio LusardiMonteverde at recording session for Cuerdas y Rugidos Chilean composer Aníbal Vidal ...
Friday, 12 July 2024

Nordic Soundscapes: Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s fourth season as principal conductor of the Philharmonia opens with a focus on music, nature and the climate crisis

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Santtu-Matias Rouvali’s fourth season as principal conductor of the Philharmonia opens with a season focusing on the relationship between mu...
Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Our June newsletter has landed

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  Stravinsky:  The Rake's Progress  - Adam Temple-Smith, Michael Mofidian - The Grange Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) June on Planet Hug...

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project team up for Scottish Gaelic & Scots Language version of 'Dido and Aeneas'

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Now this is intriguing. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project are teaming up for a production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas ...

A glorious diversity: Temple Music Foundations 2024/25 season with everything from medieval French song & Arabic poetry to Benjamin Britten & James MacMillan

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Temple Church The Temple Music Foundation's 2024/25 season offers the opportunity to hear a diverse range of music in a variety of space...

Summer in Vienna: Jesus Leon's Vienna Opera Festival returns with two Mozart stagings

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Vienna Opera Festival 2023 Despite its name, the Vienna Opera Festival (Wiener Festpiele) was only founded in 2019 by tenor Jesus Leon with ...
Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Age 15 to 18, love music and wondering what to do next? The Benedetti Foundation launches its free Youth Ambassador Programme

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Benedetti Foundation workshop (Photo:  Jamie Williamson) The Benedetti Foundation is launching a new free Youth Ambassador Programme for 15 ...

£750,000 and counting: the Continuo Foundation opens its 8th grant round for applications

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One of the many creative projects by the Continuo Foundation's grantee ensembles - This is my Body from Figure Ensemble at the Swiss Ch...
Monday, 8 July 2024

Youth, experience and a warm reception: our visit to the Glasperlenspiel Festival in Tartu, Estonia

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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 - Hans Christian Aavik, Neeme Järvi, Glasperlenspiel Sinfonietta - Glasperlenspiel Festival at St John's C...
Sunday, 30 June 2024

Sustainable Opera for the Future by Max Parfitt of Wild Arts

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Donizetti: The Elixir of Love - James Atkinson - Wild Arts 2023 (Photo: Lucy J Toms) We humans, alone on earth, are powerful enough to crea...
Saturday, 29 June 2024

As vivid and vigorous as ever: David McVicar's production of Handel's Giulio Cesare returns to Glyndebourne with a terrific young cast

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Handel: Giulio Cesare - Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Louise Alder - Glyndebourne, 2024 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Handel: Giulio Cesare in Eg...

Expressionism and rigour: soprano Claire Booth on recording Pierrot Lunaire and the importance of exploring Schoenberg's songs

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Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire - Claire Booth & Nash Ensemble at Aldeburgh Festival, 2024 (Photo: Marcus Roth (c) Britten Pears Arts) Sopr...
Friday, 28 June 2024

The Northern Chamber Orchestra goes on tour with Mozart and much more besides in the new season in Macclesfield

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Northern Chamber Orchestra (Photo: Sara Porter, 2022) The theme of Mozart on Tour threads its way through the Northern Chamber Orchestra...

Something of a minor revelation: choral music by Giovanni Bononcini who was brought to England as Handel's operatic rival

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How are the mighty fallen: Choral music by Giovanni Bononcini; Rowan Pierce, Esther Lay, Helen Charlston, Guy Cutting, Giles Underwood, Choi...
Thursday, 27 June 2024

1-2-3 Mendelssohn: the Engegård Quartet and friends celebrate the music of Felix and Fanny at their festival in Oslo

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If you fancy an Autumn weekend in Norway, then the Engegård Quartet  is offering a deep dive into the chamber music and songs of Felix and F...