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Friday, September 2, 2022

| Opera Now

I have never heard such a crisp rendition of Bizet's score, nor such sensuous and precise singing. Photography by Matthew Williams-Ellis

Schubert: Sonata in E-flat major Op post 122/D568 (G Henle Verlag HN 1557)

Sunday, October 2, 2022

| International Piano

Henle’s layout is beautiful and clear, with discreet but helpful fingerings from Martin Helmchen

Lang Lang: a whole new world

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

Virtuoso arrangements of tunes from Disney movies are the focus of Lang Lang's latest album, which he hopes will offer younger listeners a way into classical music. Owen Mortimer reports

George Xiaoyuan Fu: eclectic reflections

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

George Xiaoyuan Fu explores resonances between the past and present in his debut album Mirrors, which juxtaposes Ravel with music by six later composers

Daniel Barenboim: The Pierre Boulez Saal Sessions (Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

We Piano Teachers and Our Demons & Afterthoughts of a Pianist/Teacher

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

| International Piano

The unrelieved sunniness, which some readers may find cloyingly monotonous, features obstinately cheery conclusions about pianists

Just how boring are modern piano recitals?

Opinion

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| International Piano

Piano recitals are boring. At least, some are. Charivari peruses concert programmes from another age and finds himself wishing that modern pianists were as willing to entertain

Moriz Rosenthal: charmer or charlatan?

Friday, May 26, 2023

| International Piano

Bryce Morrison explores the inimitable playing of Moriz Rosenthal

Liz Dilnot Johnson: shifting perceptions

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Addressing a political hot potato, Liz Dilnot Johnson's Requiem for refugees, commissioned by Ex Cathedra, won her the Community & Participation Award at the Ivors in November 2022. She talks to Matthew Power about what motivates her to compose

Gather around: the art of singing from a common choirbook on a lecturn

Sunday, April 2, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Magnus Williamson discusses the Tudor practice of singing from a common choirbook on a lectern, which leads to an ‘ear-opening experience’

When classical meets metal

Thursday, July 27, 2023

| Opera Now

Yamaha London’s fusion event brought together rock, metal, opera and everything in between. By Lauren McQuistin. Photography by Miriam Demir/Yamaha London

Recording focus: Marc-André Hamelin on Fauré's Nocturnes and Barcarolles

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| International Piano

Marc-André Hamelin is well known for his omnivorous appetite for the highways and byways of the piano’s repertoire. He talks to Harriet Smith about exploring the refined subtleties of a fin de siècle French composer

Monteverdi: Orfeo at Santa Fe Opera | Live Review

Monday, August 14, 2023

| Opera Now

With a modernised score by composer Nico Muhly, Santa Fe's first Orfeo draws on a 'diverse palette of colours'

Introducing the September 2023 issue of International Piano, featuring Haochen Zhang

Friday, August 25, 2023

| International Piano

Haochen Zhang: bringing imagery and character to Liszt | Hamelin plays Fauré: the adventurous virtuoso explores a world of French refinement | Horowitz's legacy: reflections on a pianistic icon

Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking at The Metropolitan Opera | Live Review

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| Opera Now

Based on the memoir by Sister Helen Prejean focused on her experiences with prisoners on death row, Jake Heggie's opera opens the Met's 2023/34 season

Calling Young Composers

Thursday, October 5, 2023

| Choir and Organ

New choral composition competition with January deadline

The Art of Fugue Study Day

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Eminent Dutch musician Pieter Dirksen performs and explores Bach’s final masterpiece at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Winners announced for Northern Ireland International Organ Competition 2023