NEW! 2019 English Music Festival from 24 to 27 May
23/04/2019
English Music Festival – Friday 24 May to Monday 27 May 2019
- World premiere performances of tonal works from the heartland years of the English musical renaissance
- A survey of the brightest and best from songs to works for smaller orchestras, choirs and two pianos
- A practical vote of confidence in securing a hearing for British music of the twentieth century
NEW! Musikfest Berlin 2019 from 30 August to 19 September
18/04/2019
15th Musikfest Berlin from 30 August to 19 September 2019
Musikfest Berlin 2019: Hector Berlioz and European Modernism
Musikfest Berlin, hosted by Berliner Festspiele in cooperation with the Foundation Berliner Philharmoniker, has published its programme. Book your tickets now click here. Read more
NEW! 2019 BBC Proms 19 July – 14 September
17/04/2019
FROM HILDEGARD OF BINGEN TO HIP-HOP – SIR HENRY WOULD BE PROUD!
Unveiling the 2019 BBC Proms
Friday 19 July – Saturday 14 September 2019 Read more
NEW! Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich in 2019-20
14/04/2019
Season Preview: 2019-20 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Paavo Järvi (c) Gaëtan Bally
This is the first season with Paavo Järvi as Chief Conductor and will clearly have a strong Nordic flavour, just as one would expect: Järvi will conduct (and record) all Tchaikovsky’s symphonies. To open the season (2,3 and 4 October), Sibelius’s epic Kullervo. And, as part of the Zurich Festival, a Shostakovich First Symphony, with the Elgar Cello Concerto in the first half (soloist Steven Isserlis). Järvi will also conduct Nielsen’s Second Symphony as part of his newly formed Conductors’ Academy (which he has started in his home town of Pärnu, Estonia). The season ends (19 and 21 June 2020) with a semi-staged performance of Fidelio. Read more
NEW! Zurich Opera House in 2019-20
07/04/2019
Season Preview: Zurich Opera House 2019/2020 Read more
NEW! English National Opera in 2019-2020
06/04/2019
English National Opera announces 2019/20 Season Read more
NEW! Leeds Lieder Announces 2019 Art-Song Festival
03/04/2019
Leeds Lieder Festival 2019: Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th April 2019
Leeds Lieder announces their Ninth Festival – ‘Then Shall Song’s Magic Break Free’ – a four-day celebration of art-song (25th to 28th April) under the Artistic Directorship of Joseph Middleton. Read more
NEW! Adrian Partington Introduces the 2019 Three Choirs Festival in Conversation with John Quinn
23/03/2019
2019 Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester
In remarks accompanying the pathfinder prospectus for the 2019 Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester the Artistic Director, Adrian Partington, commented: ‘Themes and anniversaries aren’t necessarily the best influences on successful programmes.’ I wouldn’t disagree, but even so, it’s surely appropriate that the highly attractive 2019 Festival programme, which has now been launched in full, reflects one or two notable anniversaries. This year the Festival will run from 26 July to 3 August. Read more
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