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Friday, 31 July 2026

Three Choirs Festival 2027 announced: Gavin Higgins premiere, Grace-Evangeline Mason as new Associate Composer, Elgar's Piano Concerto revisited

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Three Choirs Festival, Worcester with Samuel Hudson (Photo: Dale Hodgetts) The Three Choirs Festival has announced the preliminary programme...

Bright Young Things to the fore: Liam Steel's new production of Strauss' Die Fledermaus at Opera Holland Park revels in its 1920s London setting

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Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Alison Langer, Harry Wilson - Opera Holland Park (Photo: Craig Fuller) Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus ; T...
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

Up Close and Musical: Shiry Rashkovsky's concert series to be first classical offering at The Amadeus, Maida Vale

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Abel Selaocoe at Up Close and Musical (Photo: Dimitri Djuric) Violist Shiry Rashkovsky’s Up Close and Musical is back in November, expanded...

A meaty, not to say tough programme: Sakari Oramo, Guy Johnston & BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's Cello Symphony, Turnage premiere & Sibelius at the BBC Proms

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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen Suite - Sakari Oramo, BBC Symphony Orchestra - BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Mark Allan) Mark-Anthony Turnage: Festen ...
Monday, 27 July 2026

Concerto Copenhagen, Mass in B Minor, music for Charles II: London Festival of Baroque Music returns with Iestyn Davies again as artistic director

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The London Festival of Baroque Music at Smith Square Hall, 2025 The London Festival of Baroque Music returns to Smith Square Hall from 24 to...

The next generation of composers: ORA Singers' Young Composers' Showcase at Kings Place

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Suzi Digby & ORA Singers at Kings Place ORA Singers' Young Composers’ Programme was set up in 2019 to tackle the decline in music p...
Sunday, 26 July 2026

Beyond the Gothic melodrama: Opera Holland Park revives Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari

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Verdi:  Un ballo in maschera;  Elin Pritchard, Matteo Desole, Dario Solari, Rosalind Plowright, dir: Rodula Gaitanou, City of London Sinfoni...
Saturday, 25 July 2026

Virtuosity & discipline: John Wilson & the Sinfonia of London in Respighi's Roman trilogy & Walton's Cello Concerto

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Walton: Cello Concerto - Jonathan Aasgaard, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London - BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC / Chris Christodo...
Thursday, 23 July 2026

It was Francesca Caccini's score, & Vache Baroque's performance, that surprised & captivated: La liberazione di Ruggiero at Buxton International Festival

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Francesca Caccini: La liberazione di Ruggiero - Jon Stainsby, Camilla Seale - Vache Baroque at Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genev...
Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Musically, an evening of complete enjoyment: Olivia Fuchs's playful 'Love Island' setting for Handel's Amadigi in Buxton

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula - Tim Morgan, Hilary Cronin, Rowan Pierce - Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Handel: Amad...
Monday, 20 July 2026

More than a concert: Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Buxton Festival brings out the work's real drama

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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito ; Maria Stella Maurizi, Indyana Schneider, Xavier Mas, Frances Gregory, director: Corina Würsch, conductor: Adri...
Friday, 17 July 2026

Against a backdrop of fear, surveillance and political violence, the play explores the absurdity of tyranny, the courage of resistance and the enduring power of art to speak truth when words cannot.

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A new play which premieres at Park Theatre on 27 August and runs until 10 October, is set to explore the life and music of Dmitri Shostakovi...
Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Conducting is a profession of lifelong learning: Vasily Petrenko on nurturing talent & broadening horizons

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Vasily Petrenko’s Academy for Young Conductors in Yerevan, Armenia (Photo: © Primavera Foundation of Armenia) Vasily Petrenko ’s Academy for...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

Compelling music drama: Wagner's Tristan und Isolde returns to Longborough Festival Opera with Peter Wedd & Catharine Woodward, conductor Anthony Negus

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Peter Wedd - Longborough Festival Opera (Photo: Matthew Williams-Ellis) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde ; Peter We...

Style & enjoyment: John Wilson & Sinfonia of London bring Cheltenham Music Festival to a close with a light music programme culminating in Eric Coates's rarity Cinderella

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John Wilson & Sinfonia of London at Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham Music Festival (Photo: Still Moving Media for Cheltenham Festivals)...
Friday, 10 July 2026

There is no iceberg, no skeleton key; Finnegans Wake is not a cipher. It is only itself.

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A drawing of Joyce (with eyepatch) by Djuna Barnes from 1922,  the year in which Joyce began the 17-year task of writing Finnegans Wake ...

Full circle: Blackheath Halls Community Opera celebrates 20 years with a return 'Carmen', the opera that launched the company

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Twenty years ago, Blackheath Halls launched an ambitious annual community opera project with a production of Bizet's Carmen . This Septe...
Thursday, 9 July 2026

New research links Handel's organist in Dublin with the Scottish fiddler & composer Charles Macklean

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Dr Aaron McGregor  (Photo: Campbell Parker) Advertisements for Handel's performances in Dublin in 1741 and 1742 (when he premiered Messi...

Upping its game: 10th anniversary Windsor Festival International String Competition concludes with concerto finale with orchestra for the first time

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The 2026 Windsor Festival International String Competition (WFISC) is the 10th anniversary competition and for this WFISC is upping its game...
Tuesday, 7 July 2026

The Bridgewater Hall celebrates its 30th birthday drawing together various strands of Manchester's music making

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The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester is celebrating its 30th birthday! The opening concert was on 11 Septembe...