NEW! Opera and more in Buenos Aires during 2020
10/12/2019
Opera Buenos Aires 2020 – An interesting line up, including new Ring cycle
After a largely traditional season in 2019, the Teatro Colón’s programme for 2020 is varied and interesting with much to look forward to.
Despite the difficult economic conditions and major political changes, a regular feature of Argentine life that much of the populace and organisations generally appear to navigate without sinking, the season continues at the current level by number, with eight operas (one in concert), three chamber operas, three works in the choral symphony series and some noteworthy new names in the ‘great international interpreter’ series. Read more
NEW! Beethoven 250 at London’s Southbank Centre
04/12/2019
Beethoven 250
Beethoven 250 at Southbank Centre © Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre’s series marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
Southbank Centre is joined by an outstanding roster of international artists to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth throughout 2020. With over 20 events in spring 2020 and more to follow in the autumn, the season includes historical recreations, concerts and series curated by leading musicians, and a bold reinterpretation of arguably music’s most famous chorus: Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s Ninth ‘Choral’ symphony. Read more
NEW! Snape Maltings – January to April 2020
22/11/2019
Snape Maltings Spring 2020 Concerts and Events
Highlights include:
- Friday Lunchtime concerts from January to April from young international performers
- BBC Radio 3’s Big Chamber Weekend features four recent New Generation Artists performing Mozart, Debussy and Tchaikovsky
- Music of the Baroque and Renaissance from Britten Sinfonia, The Sixteen and Mahan Esfahani over Easter Weekend
- Be My Superstar: a new opera for teenagers
- English Touring Opera presents Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte, Handel’s Giulio Cesare and The Extraordinary Adventures of You and Me an opera for young children
- Performances by outstanding musicians include cabaret singer Barb Jungr and pianist Mitsuko Uchida
NEW! Saffron Hall in February – August 2020
22/11/2019
Saffron Hall Spring season at a glance
Igor Levit and Sir Antonio Pappano with London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Busoni Piano Concerto
Chineke! And Sheku Kanneh-Mason come together for Haydn’s Cello Concerto No.1
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment bring The Magic of Mozart to over 1000 primary school students
Britten Sinfonia and star soloists perform Britten’s Curlew River, featuring Ian Bostridge as the Madwoman and including study afternoon
The Tallis Scholars perform Spem in alium and Allegri’s Miserere
World premiere of new Danny Elfman work with Elim Chan conducting National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Beethoven 250 celebrated with Midori and players from Lucerne Festival Strings performing all-Beethoven concert, and pianist John Lill returns with four Beethoven sonatas
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NEW! Bampton Classical Opera in 2020 – Gluck’s Paris and Helen
15/11/2019
BAMPTON CLASSICAL OPERA 2020 – Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Paris and Helen (1770)
Performances:
Gardens at The Grange, Bampton, Oxfordshire: Friday 17, Saturday 18 July
(please note change of venue)
The Orangery Theatre, Westonbirt School, Gloucesteshire: Monday 31 August
St John’s Smith Square, London: Friday 18 September Read more
NEW! Surrey’s Grange Park Opera in 2020
16/10/2019
Grange Park Opera’s 2020 season
The 2020 season combines mainstays & eyebrow-raisers: the traditional and the unexpected. Sitting firmly in the latter category is a world première, The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko, promising to be one of the most discussed events of the summer.
The trump card is Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, one of the grandest of all Italian grand operas, demanding an array of vocal powerhouses. The season is rounded off by La bohème and Meet Me in St Louis and on the very last night, Grange Park Opera welcomes gorgeously costumed guest artists from The Royal Ballet. Read more
NEW! The Leeds Lieder Concert Series 2019-20
04/10/2019
Leeds Lieder announces 2019-20 Concert Series and advance information about 2020 Festival Read more
NEW! Edinburgh Usher Hall 2019-2020 Orchestral Season
02/06/2019
Edinburgh Sunday Classics 2019-2020
Karl Chapman (Director of Edinburgh Concert Series) (c) Duncan McGlynn
For some years, the series of international orchestral concerts, traditionally held on Sunday afternoons, has been a highlight in Edinburgh musical life. The season follows the Edinburgh International Festival maintaining a cultural level emphasizing the status of Scotland’s capital as the center of Scottish arts and music.
The series allows an opportunity for Edinburgh music lovers to compare the standards of the nation’s national orchestras with the best international ensembles. In the season starting in October are several well-known ‘friends’ who have visited in past years, and several orchestras who offer something quite fresh for Edinburgh audiences. Read more
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