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Radiant new concerto receives a beguiling first performance at Snape Maltings

27/08/202627/08/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Kodály, Deborah Pritchard, Mendelssohn: Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sora Elisabeth Lee (conductor). Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, 26.8.2026. (PC)

Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sora Elisabeth Lee © Britten Pears Arts

Polished accounts of new and enterprising repertoire at the North York Moors Festival

16/08/202615/08/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom North York Moors Festival 2026 – ‘The Dividing Line’: Alena Baeva, Benjamin Baker, Alessandro Ruisi and Charlotte Scott (violins), Sascha Bota (viola), Rebecca Gilliver, Tim Posner and Jamie Walton (cellos), Will Duerden (double bass), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Jonathan Davies (bassoon). St Hedda’s Church, Egton Bridge, North Yorkshire 13.8.2026. (PC)

Violist Sascha Bota in front of Caroline Burraway’s installation during the performance of Schubert’s String Quintet in C © Matthew Johnson

A carefully curated collection of eclectic but thematically interrelated songs from La Locura

31/07/202628/07/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom ‘Invisible Threads’ – Various: La Locura: Ana Beard Fernández (soprano), Iain Hall (cello and recorders), Louise Anna Duggan (percussion), Oliver Wass (triple harp). St Clement Danes Church, London 26.7.2026. (PC)

Composer Emma-Ruth Richards (far left) and La Locura at St Clement Danes Church (courtesy of @_fotai_ )

A satisfyingly diverse 40th anniversary programme from the Welsh Chamber Orchestra in Llanelli

28/07/202626/07/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Various: Welsh Chamber Orchestra / Anthony Hose (conductor). St Elli’s Church, Llanelli, 25.7.2026. (PC)

Composer Sarah Frances Jenkins with conductor Anthony Hose and the Welsh Chamber Orchestra © Jamie Chapman

An imaginatively curated and superbly executed recital at Howden Minster

18/07/202618/07/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Elgar: Katy Smith (violin), Amy Butler and Graziana Presicce (pianos). Howden Minster, East Yorkshire 16.7.2026. (PC)

Violinist Katy Smith and pianist Amy Butler © Catharine Marvell

The jubilant, triumphant premiere of Susannah Self’s Gloria in Cambridge

06/07/202605/07/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Self and Handel: Kayla Nicol (violin), North Sea Voices and Orchestra, Ely Collegium / Susannah Self and Saba Safa (conductors). West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge 3.7.2026. (PC)

Susannah Self conducting © Roger Way Photography

A post-card from Aldeburgh: a round-up of some of the excellent concerts at this year’s Festival

07/07/202603/07/2026 by Paul Conway

Aldeburgh Festival – 12-28 June 2026

Percussionist Colin Currie with the BBC NOW conducted by Kevin John Edusei © BPA

The 77th Aldeburgh Festival offered a wide variety of repertoire, including several new and recent works of great interest. My experience of this year’s events featured memorable performances given in the Britten Studio and in the Concert Hall at Snape Maltings.

ASMF’s joyful celebration of the 70th birthday of Sally Beamish

14/06/202613/06/2026 by Paul Conway

United Kingdom Sally Beamish 70th Birthday Concert – Bach, Beamish, Respighi: Chris Stout (fiddle), Catriona McKay (Scottish harp), Michael Collins (basset clarinet), Academy of St Martin-in the Fields / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore and Michael Collins. St Martin-in-the Fields, London, 11.6.2026. (PC)

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