Two Wigmore recitals of Clara Schumann and friends: first Helen Charlston, then Louise Alder

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various (programme below): Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Sholto Kynoch (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.3.2022. (CC)

Helen Charlston

Various (programme below): Louise Alder (soprano); Joseph Middleton (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.3.2022.

Louise Alder at Wigmore Hall

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Memorable Charterhouse Chapel concert launches the 2022 Investec International Music Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Investec International Music Festival – Vaughan Williams at 150 – The Festival Celebrates!: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Lachlan Mackinnon (narrator), Charterhouse Brass Players; Charterhouse String Players; Charterhouse Chapel Choir, Britten Sinfonia / Thomas Gould (director/violin), Mark Shepherd (conductor). Charterhouse Chapel, Godalming, Surrey, 19.3.2022. (CC)

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Shades of the present haunt Russia’s past as parodied by Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Gerry Cornelius (conductor). Hackney Empire. London, 5.3.2022. (CC)

Alys Mererid Roberts (Cockerel), Robert Lewis (Astrologer) and Grant Doyle (King Dodon) (c) Richard Hubert Smith

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