United Kingdom Morton Feldman, Unsettled Memory: Apartment House, Juliet Fraser (soprano), Eliza McCarthy (piano). LSO St Luke’s, London, 19.9.2026. (CC)
At LSO St Luke’s, super-virtuoso performances of Feldman’s music were celebrated
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Manfred Honeck is the new Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra from September 2028
The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced the appointment of Manfred Honeck as its next Principal Conductor, beginning in September 2028
Hampstead Garden Opera return with Bellini’s La sonnambula in November
Hampstead Garden Opera presents Bellini’s La sonnambula
6–15 November 2026 – performances at 7pm
Sunday 8 and Sunday 15 November at 4pm
At Jacksons Lane Theatre, London, N6 5AA
Hampstead Garden Opera returns to Jacksons Lane this November with Bellini’s enchanting bel canto masterpiece La sonnambula. As always with HGO, the production is double cast, with both ensembles enjoying equal status and each appearing in four of the eight performances. The two opening nights are 6 and 7 November.
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Mahler 9: Skeleton out of the closet – Steinaecker and the Mahler Academy Orchestra at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [31] – Mahler: Mahler Academy Orchestra, Philipp von Steinaecker (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 11.9.2026. (AV-E)
Arcangelo and team of baroque-specialist soloists impress with refined Mass in B minor at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [30] – Bach, Mass in B minor: Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Eva Zaïcik (soprano), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass-baritone), Arcangelo / Jonathan Cohen (director/harpsichord). Royal Albert Hall, London 10.9.2026. (JR)
Bach, Beethoven and Schubert at Wigmore Hall reveals Ólafsson as an outstanding musician
United Kingdom Bach, Beethoven and Schubert: Vikingur Ólafsson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.9.2026. (MB)
September is a month of melancholy but a radiant, dignified Proms Four Last Songs proved a tonic
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2026 [29] – Henze, Schubert, Mahler, and R. Strauss: Natalya Romaniw (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Paweł Kapuła (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.2026. (MB)
