United States Various, ‘Interval: In Between Silence and Stasis’: MATA Festival, BlackBox Ensemble / Leonard Bopp (conductor). Dimenna Center, New York, 23.5.2026. (DS)
Composers at the MATA Festival 2026 re-imagine Morton Feldman
Festivals
Robert Peate’s String Quartet ‘Grasses’ crowns the Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2026
United Kingdom Various: Daniel Shao (flute), Annie Yim (piano). URC Church, Romsey, 31.5.2026. (CK)
Seeing clarinettist Martin Fröst, whether Dresden or elsewhere, should be on your concert bucket list
Germany Widmann, Weber, Beethoven: Martin Fröst (clarinet), Dresden Philharmonic / Riccardo Minasi (conductor). Kulturpalast Dresden, 30.5.2026. (MC)
Longborough assembles five outstanding exponents of Handel for their courageous Orlando production
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2026 [1] – Handel, Orlando: Soloists, Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Moulds (conductor). Longborough Festival Opera, Gloucestershire, 31.5.2026. (CP)
Mightily successful Dresden all-Schubert concert by the Trio Moreau with plenty of romantic drama
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [7] – Schubert: Trio Moreau. Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, 29.5.2026. (MC)
Garsington brings private and public together captivatingly in La traviata
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2026 [2] – Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Garsington Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Douglas Boyd (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 31.5.2026. (CR)
Harriet Eyley stars in Don Pasquale as Nevill Holt’s season begins with Opera North’s huge triumph
United Kingdom Nevill Holt Festival 2026 – Donizetti, Don Pasquale: Soloists, Chorus of Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North / Michael Papadopoulus (conductor). Nevill Holt, Leicestershire, 29.5.2026. (CP)
Levit’s playing at the Kulturpalast Dresden was breathtaking
Germany Dresden Music Festival 2026 [6] – Ravel, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Liszt: Igor Levit (piano). Kulturpalast Dresden, 28.5.2026. (MC)
