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Composer in absentia and conductor by default: George Benjamin and the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall

13/02/202613/02/2026 by Alexander Verney-Elliott

United Kingdom Scriabin, Benjamin, Stravinsky, Ravel: London Philharmonic Orchestra / George Benjamin (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.2.2026. (AV-E)

Chelsea Opera Group presents Mascagni’s Silvano & Cavalleria rusticana (Cadogan Hall, 15 March)

17/02/202612/02/2026 by AUTHOR

Chelsea Opera Group present two one act operas by Mascagni
Silvano & Cavalleria rusticana

A concert performance in Italian with English subtitles
Sunday 15 March 2026, 5.30pm, Cadogan Hall

For more information CLICK HERE

A mix of the well-known and the less so from Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch at the Wigmore Hall

11/02/2026 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Wigmore Hall 125: Schubert, Clara Schumann, Wolf, Poulenc, Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Jeanne Bernard: Sandrine Piau (soprano), David Kadouch (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.2.2026. (CC)

Sandrine Piau (soprano) and David Kadouch (piano) previously at the Wigmore Hall

McGregor’s choreography challenges the dancers but Osipova is a magnetic stage presence in Woolf Works

16/02/202611/02/2026 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works – a triptych: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 9.2.2026. (JPr)

Natalia Osipova as Virginia Woolf (and Marcelino Sambé as Septimus) in Wayne McGregor’s *I now, I then* © 2026 Johan Persson

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Composer in absentia and conductor by default: George Benjamin and the LPO at the Royal Festival Hall

Chelsea Opera Group presents Mascagni’s Silvano & Cavalleria rusticana (Cadogan Hall, 15 March)

A mix of the well-known and the less so from Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch at the Wigmore Hall

McGregor’s choreography challenges the dancers but Osipova is a magnetic stage presence in Woolf Works

Two pianos. One conversation: Batsashvili and Bartlett duo combine virtuosity and balance

A supernova Star Wars and a pulsar Planets get stellar performances from Alsop and the Philharmonia

The dizzying excellence of the JACK Quartet in music by Helmut Lachenmann

Familiar Beethoven from the OAE – but different and interesting thanks to Ádám Fischer