Chris Kettle

Superlative Higdon, Enescu and Schubert at the Romsey Chamber Music Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Higdon, Enescu, Bartók: Emma Roijackers, Luke Hsu, Ruslan Talas, Laura Rickard (violins), Kyungsik Shin (viola), Lydia Hillerudh, Rainer Crosett (cellos), Joanna Lam, Ziteng Fan (piano). URC Church, Romsey, 30.5.2026. (CK)

Luke Hsu (violin) and Joanna Lam (piano) © IOA Photography

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Triumphant return of the Romsey Chamber Music Festival in Romsey Abbey

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various, Elements – Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2026: Jaehong Kim (baritone), Siân Buckley, Luke Hsu, Alexia Huan, Laura Rickard, Kathryn Rickard, Emma Roijackers, Ruslan Talas, Diana Williams (violins), Jane Andrews, Anuschka Cidlinsky, Michael Perry, Kyunsik Shin, Coby Mendez, Louise Woods (violas), Rainer Crosett, William Harris, Lydia Hillerudh, Jemima Hughes, Angie Janssen (cellos), Jack Cherry, Carole Dowding (double basses), Emme Hensel, Sue Gibbons (flutes), Johan Löfving (theorbo). Romsey Abbey, 23.5.2026. (CK)

Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2026 © IOA photography

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Joe Davies conducts a magnificent Mahler Eighth Symphony in Coventry Cathedral

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler: Holly Teague, Iúnó Connolly, Sofia Kirwan-Baez (sopranos), Georgia Mae Ellis, Rhian Davies (altos), Jack Dolan (tenor), Conrad Chatterton (baritone), Jakob Mahase (bass), Coventry Cathedral Chorus, Coventry Cathedral Choir, Daventry Choral Society, Divertimento, Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, Spires Philharmonic Chorus, Warwick and Kenilworth Choral Society, Warwickshire Youth Choirs (chorus master: Laura Baillie), Leamington Sinfonia / Joe Davies (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 16.5.2026. (CK)

Mahler’s Eighth Symphony dress rehearsal in Coventry Cathedral © Chris Tribble

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Moving A Child of Our Time brings a wonderful Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra season to a quiet close

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Copland, Tippett: Talise Trevigne (soprano), Anita Montserrat (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Stewart (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus (director: Gavin Carr), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 13.5.2026. (CK)

Mark Wigglesworth conducts Roderick Williams and the BSO in A Child of Our Time © Mark Allan

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