2018 Cheltenham Music Festival – 30 June to 15 July
21/03/2018
A Star-studded line up at 2018 Cheltenham Music Festival from 30 June to 15 July 2018
The 74th Cheltenham Music Festival brings the very best of classical music to the widest possible audience (30 June – 15 July). A star-studded line-up includes a Festival debut from Maxim Vengerov, András Schiff with the OAE, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Sarah Connolly, James Gilchrist, Mahan Esfahani, Steven Isserlis, Benjamin Grosvenor and The King’s Singers plus Sir Mark Elder and Louise Alder with The Hallé and Martyn Brabbins with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Read more
Staatsoper Unter de Linden in 2018/19
20/03/2018
Matthias Schulz and Daniel Barenboim announce the program for the 2018/19 season at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Read more
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Bring Swan Lake to London in August
14/03/2018
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
ST PETERSBURG BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS
SWAN LAKE
LONDON COLISEUM
Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August
FOR SEEN AND HEARD’S REVIEW (23.8.2018) CLICK HERE
The internationally acclaimed St Petersburg Ballet Theatre are set to make a welcome return to the London Coliseum this summer, with their full-length classic production of Swan Lake. The Company’s 2015 season was a total sell out with over 25,000 seats sold. The 2018 season is strictly limited and takes place between Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26th August.
Irina Kolesnikova in Swan Lake © KT
English National Ballet Announces its 2018-19 Season
14/03/2018
English National Ballet’s 2018-2019 Season
The Cleveland Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season
13/03/2018
The Cleveland Orchestra Announces Its 2018-19 Season
The Cleveland Orchestra (c) Roger Mastroianni
On 11 December 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra gave its first concert, under the direction of its founding music director, Nikolai Sokoloff. As the ensemble embarks on its second century, the Orchestra has announced a lively season to mark the occasion. Franz Welser-Möst, the ensemble’s seventh music director, will oversee a year of audience-pleasing favorites mixed with enterprising new works and neglected classics. Read more
Trinity Laban Moves to Abolish All-Male Composer Concerts
09/03/2018
Leading international music college moves to abolish all-male composer concerts
Harriet Harman launches Venus Blazing at Trinity Laban (c) Juno Snowdon
Harriet Harman launches ‘Venus Blazing’, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance’s campaign to celebrate music by ‘missing’ women composers Read more
Booking Open for Longborough Festival Opera 2018
05/03/2018
LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA 2018
Shortly after announcing that Polly Graham will take over as Artistic Director, booking has opened for the 2018 season of Longborough Festival Opera. Read more
Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella in Cinemas on 15 May with Live Q&A
02/03/2018
MATTHEW BOURNE’S CINDERELLA IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE ON 15 MAY
INCLUDES LIVE BY SATELLITE Q&A WITH MATTHEW BOURNE
Running time 150 mins (including Live Q&A) / Film BBFC PG Read more
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In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater.
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances.
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers.
Proms director described live music as an 'ambition' rather than a 'certainty'
