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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

| Gramophone

Obrecht’s monumental Missa Maria zart: a fresh, new and vital performance based on a unique ‘new’ source

Video of the Day: operatic comedian Clemenzia visits Handel Hendrix house for Halloween

Thursday, October 31, 2024

| Gramophone

A spooky satirical mashup with Handel and Hendrix by Clemenzia Von Trunksale

Austin Opera announces new home

Thursday, October 10, 2024

| Opera Now

New headquarters will provide year-round programming opportunities for multiple Austin arts organisations

Previously unknown Waltz by Chopin discovered in New York library vault

Thursday, October 31, 2024

| Gramophone

After nearly 200 years, the score bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name was found by a curator

Must Watch: Emily Hall’s Close Palms performed by Slide Action

Friday, October 11, 2024

| Gramophone

The trombone quartet perform a track from their latest album

Video of the Day: Yotam Baruch and Oulunsalo Ensemble perform Nimrod Borenstein’s Cello Concerto No.1, Op.56b

Thursday, October 24, 2024

| Gramophone

The performance is from the 10th anniversary of the Hailuoto Music Festival in Finland

Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue: keeping Christmas alive despite an uncertain future

Friday, November 8, 2024

| Choir and Organ

As Christmas approaches, Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York prepares for one of its busiest seasons. Despite an uncertain future for the choir school, Director of Music Jeremy Filsell remains focused on high-quality music making

Fraz Ireland - Glitterball for organ

Music Series

Monday, February 26, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Both innovative and idiomatic, this new organ piece explores the possibilities of registration and leaves organists to interpret its soundscape. Composer Fraz Ireland talks to Matthew Power

Elizabeth Maconchy: a guide to the choral works

Friday, November 8, 2024

| Choir and Organ

Despite her undeniable talent and influence, Elizabeth Maconchy’s music was often overlooked during her lifetime. Leah Broad explores the bold choral works of a composer of striking emotional depth and intellectual rigour that remain underperformed today

Chopin the teacher, part 1

Thursday, November 28, 2024

| International Piano

In the first of two columns about Chopin’s teaching practices, Kenneth Hamilton outlines the state of our current knowledge, which underpins our understanding of the man and his music

Strauss: Intermezzo at Semperoper Dresden | Live Review

Thursday, November 21, 2024

| Opera Now

A breezy, entertaining new production of Strauss's comedy from Axel Ranisch and the Semperoper Dresden

Donizetti: The Elixir of Love at English National Opera | Live Review

Monday, November 18, 2024

| Opera Now

Harry Fehr brings a reading of immense warmth and intimacy to Donizetti's score

Rosa Feola and Carlo Rizzi at the Wigmore Hall | Live Review

Monday, November 18, 2024

| Opera Now

Opera Rara continues its Donizetti Song Project at Wigmore Hall, this time with soprano Rosa Feola

Netia Jones appointed as Associate Director of the Royal Opera

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

| Opera Now

Jones will take up the position from 3 December

Video of the Day: Davina Clarke and Hugh Cutting perform 'Christi Glieder, ach bedenket' from Bach's cantata Bereitet die Wege

Friday, November 22, 2024

| Gramophone

The recording can be found on Clarke’s upcoming release The Art of Obligato

Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No 9: a guide to the best recordings

Friday, November 29, 2024

| Gramophone

RVW’s final symphony took time to become established following its composer’s death. Geraint Lewis charts its emergence on recordings as a summative, valedictory work of uncommon power

Review - Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah (By Charles King)

Friday, November 29, 2024

| Gramophone

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