One thing is clear: everyone on this recording loves every note and phrase

LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez Debussy, Neuwirth, Arcaro, Agar, Boulez London Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Barbican Hall, 26.01.2025  Debussy Trois Images pour Ochestre (interspersed)  Neuwirth Tombeau II Hommage à Pierre Boulez (World premiere, LSO co-commission)  Arcaro Invention in Language of Child (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere)

“The idea is simple: instead of constantly travelling from one concert venue to another, I want to focus on each city for a full month and offer as much as I can to the local community -  including people who, for various reasons, are unable to visit concert halls -

On the Transmigration of Souls: Haydn, Kurtág, Adams. Anna Devin (soprano); Hanna Hipp (mezzo); Rupert Charlesworth (tenor); Trevor Eliot Bowes (bass); Tiffin Youth Choir; London Philharmonic Choir; Jonathan Green (sound designer); London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.01.2025 Haydn Mass in C, Hob. XXII:

Odisea: Lorenz, Grau, Tchaikovsky Jorge Glem (Venezuela cuatro); Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gusavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.02.2025 Ricardo Lorenz Todo Tereno (2022)  Gonzalo Grau Odisea (2022)  Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1878)    This was the second of two London concerts

Mahler – Symphony No. 3.  Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano); Tiffin Choirs Children’s Choir; London Symphony chorus; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor).  Barbican Hall, London, 15 January, 2025 The Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela has certainly been in the news of late, with pianist Gabriela Monteiro particularly

It is great to see attention falling on Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-77). She was a pupil of Egon Wellesz and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The ever-enterprising Lyrita label released a fabulous compact disc of orchestral music in around 2004, collating LP performances from 1973 and 1979. You can read my

In his role as Artist-in-Residence at the Dresdner Philharmonie, I heard Gautier Capuçon in the Kupturpalast in Dresden in September 2023. The orchestra was conducted by Kahchun Wong, the Principal Guest Conductor there and now the Music Directo of Manchester's Hallé Orchestra (review). I mention this as Capuçon

Deutsche Grammophon and Operabase Collaborate on Classical Music Streaming with Integration of CueTV into STAGE+ Thursday 12 December 2024, Berlin, Germany | Copenhagen, Denmark Deutsche Grammophon’s world-class classical music streaming service STAGE+, and CueTV, a premier provider of opera and concert streaming content under Arts Consolidated ApS (Operabase), are pleased

I love Naxos' pithy summary of the plot of Donizetti's much-loved opera: Country boy Nemorino is determined to win the haughty Adina's heart, but she refuses to give him the time of day. Can Doctor Dulcamara's so-called ‘elixir of love' work its