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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
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.
Chelsea Opera Group announce their 2024-2025 season Puccini Centenary Concert Sunday 2nd November 2024, 7pm, Cadogan Hall, London Puccini – Capriccio sinfonico; Messa di Gloria; Le villi 5.45pm pre-concert talk (free to ticket holders) Conductor – Peter Robinson Featuring the Chelsea Opera Group Orchestra and Chorus and soloists – Stephen Gadd, Seljan Fermor- Hesketh and Charne … Read more
‘Love knows no bounds of age or status; it pierces with equal force the heart of a young woman and a world-weary soul.’
United Kingdom Mastersingers 25th Anniversary – 2024 Carole Rees Awards: St John’s Waterloo, London, 5.10.2024. (JPr)
India Operalia 2024: Various composers and soloists, Symphony Orchestra of India / Plácido Domingo and Kamal Khan (conductors), Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, 21.9.2024. (JSM)
The ‘End of the World’ will go ahead, as plucky Regents Opera forge onwards to complete opera’s epic undertaking, Wagner’s full Ring cycle
As larger houses around the world are forced to stop after the third instalment, Regents Opera navigates obstacles to ensure its full cycle will go ahead in February 2025.
Ben Woodward completes the biggest undertaking of the cycle so far, the distillation of Götterdämmerung.
The full Ring cycle transfers to a new venue, York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Celebrating new commissions and unlikely connections and bringing world-class musicians into the heart of the community, Music@Malling returns with an enriched programme for audiences in the Kent community and beyond, exploring six centuries of music.
An eclectic programme spans the Renaissance through to the music of our time and runs from 20th-28th September 2024, Music@Malling presents an innovative programme of concerts and outreach held in historic venues in an area of outstanding natural beauty and fascinating heritage.
Featured contemporary composers include Deborah Pritchard, Brian Elias, Gavin Bryars, John Woolrich, Sir George Benjamin, Stephen McNeff and Alec Roth who will introduce their works and place them into their musical context.