Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Giltburg and Foster celebrate the Philharmonia’s 80th birthday with a punchy piano-fest

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Philharmonia Orchestra © Luca Migliore Boris Giltburg (piano) Lawrence Foster (conductor) The Philharmonia   7.30pm, Monday 17 November 20...
Monday, 10 November 2025

The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra strings excel, with expressive Britten from Padmore & Watkins, and exciting MacMillan from MacGregor

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Joanna MacGregor & the BPO strings © Frances Marshall Mark Padmore (tenor) Alexei Watkins (horn) Joanna MacGregor (piano/conductor) B...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Gothic Opera allows another side of Offenbach to shine at Battersea Arts Centre

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Die Rheinnixen © Craig Fuller Max Hoehn  (director) Hannah von Wiehler (conductor) Leon Haxby  (arranger) Isabella van Braeckel (set &...
Sunday, 2 November 2025

The Railway Children becomes a pacy action thriller in Turnage's hands at Glyndebourne

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Jessica Cale (Bobbie), Henna Mun (Phyllis) & Matthew McKinney (Peter) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd/Richard Hubert Smith Tim Anderson ...
Thursday, 30 October 2025

Highly engaging performance of Tarney's effective Lux Stellarum from The Choir of Royal Holloway

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It’s a crowded field these days for new choral music, which is good news for the genre, but it does make it harder for composers and their c...
Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Hugh Shrapnel shares thoughts on his music, influences, and life as a composer

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Hugh Shrapnel Having reviewed three albums of composer Hugh Shrapnel’s music now, it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to sit down wit...
Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Playful Coleridge-Taylor contrasting with dramatic Mahler from the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

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Elena Urioste  © Chris Gloag Elena Urioste (violin) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Alice Farnham (conductor) Ruth Rogers (leader) 2.45pm...