Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze is a finely written opera that just happens to be for a community

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Music in the Round – Dove (arr. Dove/Lyon), The Monster in the Maze: Music Makers of Sheffield (including Ensemble 360, Consone Quartet, Bridge Ensemble, Sheffield Hub Senior Strings, Sheffield Youth Choirs and singers of Sheffield) / John Lyon (conductor). Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2.4.2024. (CC)

The Monster in the Maze at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre © Andy Brown

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Where Art Meets Science: a successful Churchill College conjoining of music and lecture

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Where Art Meets Science – Marin, Campbell, Mendelssohn-Hensel, plus Professor Dame Athene Donald (speaker): Marsyas Trio, Rosalyn Hart, Emily Chung (violins), Rachel Stott (viola), Ewan Campbell (double bass). Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge, 28.9.2024. (CC)

Applause for Dr Susan Lim

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Fabulous start to Insula’s season with Chopin and Robert Schumann from Debargue and Equilbey in Paris

FranceFrance Chopin, R. Schumann: Lucas Debargue (piano), Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 24.9.2024. (CC)

Laurence Equilbey conducts pianist Lucas Debargue and the Insula Orchestra © Julien Benhamou

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A miraculous Wigmore Hall evening by The Mozartists, one that will not be forgotten for a long time

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jommelli – a celebration: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano), Hugo Brady (tenor), The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2024. (CC)

Fflur Wyn (soprano) and Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano) © Ben Ealovega

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