Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise at Wigmore Hall was an unforgettable evening

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise: Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Suleiman Suleiman (dancer), Jong Sun Woo (piano), Hibiki Ichikawa (shamisen/shinobue), Sonoko Kamimura-Ostern (choreography), Lifeng Liao (costume and lighting designer), Misa Koide, Sophie Daneman (movement directors). Wigmore Hall, 11.10.2026. (CC)

Spring Snow: A Kabuki Winterreise © Hugo Glendinning

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Önaç’s new music is certainly impressively constructed; the ideas lofty and a piece to hear live

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Önaç Atlantic Requiem (2026, world premiere): Brittany Renne (soprano), J’Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Orson Van Gay II (tenor), BBC Singers, London Symphony Orchestra / Malcolm J. Merriweather (conductor). Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, 11.10.2026. (CC)

David Önaç’s Atlantic Requiem at St Luke’s, London © Mark Allan

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Cosmopoles is Divertimento and Zahia Ziouani’s innovative work

FranceFrance Cosmopoles: de l’aurore au zenith (from dawn to zenith, from zenith to dusk): Lyès Salem (actor), Clémence Colin (actor in sign language), Elisa Biagi (author), Christophe Naillet (lighting), Alain Blanchot (costumes), Divertimento / Zahia Ziouani (conductor/director). Salle Oleg Efremov, MC 93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny, Paris, 26.9.2026. (CC)

Clémence Colin and Lyès Salem during Cosmopoles

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Torvind proves worth exploring whilst Kopatchinskaja and Prokofiev’s score shine at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [23] – Torvund, Stravinsky, Prokofiev: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, 29.8.2026. (CC)

Conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Cheung’s scaling of Mahler’s Second is an impressive feat and will surely deepen over time

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No.2, ‘Resurrection’: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Mandle Cheung (conductor). Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, 21.8.2026. (CC)

Mahler’s Symphony No.2, ‘Resurrection’ at the Alexandra Palace Theatre

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