The Wigmore Soloists serve up brilliant musicianship and a shot of humour in a Sunday Coffee Concert

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Poulenc: Wigmore Soloists: Michael Collins (clarinet), Alberto Menéndez (horn), Fiona Kelly (flute), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Robin O’Neill (bassoon), Michael McHale (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.11.2025. (CSa)

Michael Collins

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An impressive Proms performance from Chineke! in a programme of diversity, defiance and dissent

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [27] – Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee, Shostakovich: Chineke! Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 5.9.2025. (CSa)

Jonathon Heywood conducts Chineke! at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Intense, unnerving, and compelling: Shostakovich celebrated at the Proms with a stellar Lady Macbeth of Mtensk

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [26] – Shostakovich, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus master: Matthew Quinn), Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (stage director). Royal Albert Hall, London. 1.9.2025. (CSa)

Amanda Majeski (Katerina) and John Findon (Zinovy) © BBC/Andy Paradise

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The Art of Fugue: Schiff and Nosrati at the peak of their artistic powers ascend Bach’s musical ‘Everest’

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [20] – J. S. Bach, The Art of Fugue: Sir András Schiff (piano), Schaghajegh Nostrati (piano). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2025. (CSa)

Sir András Schiff and Schaghajegh Nostrati

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