Russian Ballet Icons Gala 31 March 2019 at the London Coliseum
24/01/2019
Russian Ballet Icons Gala celebrates the legacy of the famed Russian ballet school
at the London Coliseum on Sunday 31 March 2019 at 7pm
2019 Aldeburgh Festival and Snape Proms in June and August
21/01/2019
Snape Proms 2019: 1 – 31 August Read more
Garsington Opera’s 2019 30th Anniversary Season
21/01/2019
30th ANNIVERSARY SEASON: FOUR NEW PRODUCTIONS INCLUDING AN OFFENBACH PREMIERE
Garsington Opera’s 30th anniversary season will feature four new productions – the UK stage premiere of Offenbach’s Fantasio, Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, Mozart’s Don Giovanni and finally Britten’s The Turn of the Screw. The season culminates with concert performances of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, celebrating the start of a partnership with The English Concert. The season runs from 29 May to 26 July. Read more
Everybody Can! Opera’s Tosca with Nadine Benjamin this Friday
16/01/2019
Everybody Can! Opera’s Tosca
St James’s Church, Piccadilly Friday 18 January at 7pm
Following its successful semi-staging of Verdi’s Otello in 2015, Everybody Can! Opera is now thrilled to present Tosca – Puccini’s ‘shabby little shocker’ – at St James’s Church, Piccadilly on Friday 18 January 2019 at 7pm.
For tickets click here
Nadine Benjamin (c) Devon Cass
PIANIST MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN IN CONVERSATION WITH GEOFFREY NEWMAN
14/01/2019
THE GREAT CANADIAN ARTISTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN
Marc-André Hamelin © Sim Cannety-Clarke
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin has emerged as one of the marvels of the twenty-first century. Few living pianists can match his transparency of articulation, rhythmic and tonal control and cunning virtuoso strength, and these characteristics are resoundingly illustrated in his recordings and concert performances of a vast range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century repertoire. His early – and indeed enduring – contribution lay in bringing technically-challenging works of lesser known and often forgotten composers to public attention, placing them on the world stage in the best light for others to absorb and study. In recent years, he has applied his interpretative and technical acumen to more mainstream literature with great success. Read more
Ik zeg: NU: I say now, now … an interview with Richard Causton
11/01/2019
Richard Causton
What do you understand by the word ‘history’? This simple question, but one which will inevitably prompt multifarious and complex responses, was the origin of the title of Richard Causton’s new orchestral work, Ik zeg: NU (which translates from Dutch as ‘I say: NOW’), which was commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and will be premiered by the orchestra and their chief conductor Sakari Oramo at the Barbican Hall later this month. Read more
Clara Schumann Festival at St John’s Smith Square – 22 to 24 February 2019
07/01/2019
Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth
Clara Schumann (c) Andreas Staub
For concert information and how to book click here. Read more
Venus Unwrapped: Kings Place’s Year-Long Focus on Women Composers
04/01/2019
VENUS UNWRAPPED
A new light on music by women (January – December 2019) opening on Thursday 10 January with a concert that marks the 400th birthday of singer and composer Barbara Strozzi. Kings Place’s Venus Unwrapped is a year-long series focusing on the creative firepower of women composers.
For more information about Venus Unwrapped events and how to book click here. Read more
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.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.'We're dealing with constantly changing regulations,' said conductor Sakari Oramo
This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.
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.
'We're dealing with constantly changing regulations,' said conductor Sakari Oramo
