Germany Terence McNally, Master Class: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, 20.3.2024. (DMD)
Andrea Eckert’s towering performance brings Maria Callas to life in Hamburg
Year: 2024
Figure’s Pergolesi with interludes by Alex Mills shows the power of thinking outside the box.
United Kingdom Pergolesi, Mills – Our Mother: Figure. Stone Nest, London, 20.3.2024. (CC)
Saint Cecilia Singers premiere an important and moving new work by Neil Cox in Gloucester
United Kingdom Byrd, Cox, Williams, Allegri, Bernstein: Tom Lilburn (countertenor), Piers Maxim (organ), Laura Morris (French horn), Cecily Beer (harp), Jack Redman (keyboard), Diggory Seacome, Anna Newman (percussion), Ivan Barritt (sound engineer); Saint Cecilia Singers / Jonathan Hope (conductor). Gloucester Cathedral 22.3.2024. (JQ)
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle semi-staged but calamity strikes ENO as soprano withdraws at the eleventh hour
United Kingdom Bartók, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Soloists, Orchestra of the English National Opera / Lidiya Yankovskaya (conductor). London Coliseum, 21.3.2024. (JR)
Late Schubert of outstanding sensitivity and power from Paul Lewis in Southampton
United Kingdom Schubert: Paul Lewis (piano). Turner Sims, Southampton, 19.3.2024. (CK)
The Three Choirs Festival from 27 July to 3 August 2024 in Worcester
Three Choirs Festival celebrates nature in Worchester with a thrilling programme
The Three Choirs Festival has announced a thrilling new programme for its 2024 edition, with a celebration of nature and its enduring influence on composers and musicians at its heart. Taking place in and around Worcester from 27 July to 3 August, the festival features a superb selection of works old and new by composers including Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Bob Chilcott and Judith Weir.
RCS’s outstanding Idomeneo in Glasgow reveals the great potential their singers, chorus and orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / John Butt (conductor). New Atheneum Theatre, Glasgow, 20.3.2024. (GT)
The Auld Alliance: SCO’s music from Scotland and France at Usher Hall
United Kingdom Berlioz, MacMillan, Maxwell Davies – SCO’s The Auld Alliance: Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Robert Jordan (bagpipes), SCO Chorus (chorus director: Gregory Batsleer), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor). Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 21.3.2024. (SRT)
