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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.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s 107th season
The Cleveland Orchestra will launch its 107th season on 19 and 22 September with the return of Franz Welser-Möst conducting Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony, Schumann’s Violin Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony. It is Welser-Möst’s twenty-third season at the helm of the orchestra, and the programs are typical of the unexpected juxtapositions and contrasts that have been a feature of his tenure here. Many more such combinations lie ahead.
Oxford International Song Festival
Cities of Song: People, Places, Music
11 to 26 October 2024
The UK’s largest song festival, now in its 23rd year, features 70 events over 16 days.
World premiere includes a unique reimagining of the Bhagavad Gita by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail.
A headline series of evening song recitals is complemented by a wide range of other events, including chamber and choral music, talks, tours, masterclasses, and more.
With tickets starting at £7, several free events, £10 tickets for under-35s at every event, and a choice of discounts and concessionary rates, the Festival is accessible to all.
Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024
Trey Lee, the Hong Kong-born, Berlin-based cellist of international renown, performs his original arrangement of Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at Cadogan Hall, London, on 30 September 2024 with the English Chamber Orchestra for its 2024-25 season-opening concert.
Jerusalem Quartet to play Shostakovich cycle in new Cleveland Chamber Music Society season
