Tuesday, 9 December 2025

'A Fairytale Christmas' - the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra combine a Christmas favourite with unfamiliar treats

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Joanna MacGregor & the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra © Sarah-Lousie Burns Alise Siliņa (accordion) Joanna MacGregor (conductor) Brig...
Friday, 28 November 2025

Beth Taylor’s commanding Sea Pictures the highlight of the LPO’s all-Elgar evening

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Beth Taylor, Edward Gardner & the London Philharmonic Orchestra © Mark Allan Photography Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) Edward Gardner (c...
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...