Longborough Festival Opera’s new Wagner Club

Longborough Festival Opera is proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Anthony Negus as its esteemed Music Director in 2025 by announcing the launch of the Longborough Wagner Club

Anthony Negus conducts Die Walküre © Matthew Williams-Ellis

Anthony Negus will be the Club’s Founder President, and its distinguished ambassadors include Stephen Fry, Sir John TomlinsonSusan Bullock CBE and Alan Rusbridger.

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Kings Place’s Earth Unwrapped begins in January 2025

KINGS PLACE’S EARTH UNWRAPPED: SIRENS FOR A WOUNDED PLANET

Mercury Prize nominated singer-songwriter Sam Lee, composer and producer Gazelle Twin and sound artist Jason Singh are Artists in Residence

Premieres and commissions from Erland Cooper, Raquel García-Tomas, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Josephine Stephenson and Julia Wolfe

Highlights include a weekend of deep listening curated by Daniel Pioro, Folk Weekend inspired by birdsong and new Soundscape installation from Alice Boyd, The Sound of King’s Cross

Artists include Alice Coote, Andrew Staples, Aurora Orchestra, BBC Singers, Carice Singers, Laura Cannell, Mary Bevan, Manchester Camerata, Nicolas Altstaedt, Olivia Chaney, Piatti Quartet, Sacconi Quartet, Soumik Datta, The House of Bedlam, Voces8 and more

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Sandbox Percussion light up Beijing’s Forbidden City with an electrifying quartet by Andy Akiho

ChinaChina Beijing Music Festival – Andy Akiho, Seven Pillars: Sandbox Percussion: Ian Rosenbaum, Jonny Allen, Terry Sweeney, Victor Caccese. Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, 11.10.2024. (TS)

Sandbox Percussion’s Seven Pillars © Beijing Music Festival

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Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers coming to cinemas nationwide from 6 November 2024

A NEW VISION OF VINCENT VAN GOGH

PRIVILEGED ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY’S BLOCKBUSTER EXHIBITION
COMING TO CINEMAS NATIONWIDE ON 6 NOVEMBER 2024

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Explore the passion which drove one of the world’s favourite artists to change art forever.

The combination of exhibition and film rewrite the narrative and celebrate Van Gogh’s genius without exploiting his suffering.

It is time to truly understand this iconic artist.

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London Opera Company’s Siegfried at Sinfonia, Smith’s Square, on 2 November 2024

London Opera Company assembles world class singers and full orchestra for Wagner’s Siegfried at Sinfonia, Smith’s Square

Following a series of performances which have delighted audiences and critics alike in recent years (including our sold-out and acclaimed performance of Tristan und Isolde last year), the London Opera Company returns to Sinfonia, Smith’s Square, London on Saturday 2 November for Wagner’s Siegfried, their latest production.

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19th International Malcolm Festival on Saturday 19 October 2024

The 19th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 2024

Director, Paul Harris

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Saturday 19 October – Live in Northampton

11:00 St Peter’s Church, Mare Fair, Northampton NN1 1SW
14:30 All Saints Church, George Row, Northampton NN1 1DF
18:00 Guildhall, St Giles’ Square, Northampton NN1 1DE

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Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024 Opera Rara returns to the Wigmore Hall on 2 November

OPERA RARA

On Saturday 2 November, Opera Rara return to Wigmore Hall for its third ‘Donizetti & Friends’ recital. Following a week recording together in the studio, Rosa Feola will be accompanied by Carlo Rizzi at the piano.

Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024 – On 2 October Opera Rara was announced as Gramophone’s Label of the Year 2024. Previous winners in this category include BIS, Deutsche Grammophon, Alpha Classics, Pentatone and Harmonia Mundi.

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