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These masterworks, which were composed in 1915, feature orchestral palettes that concentrate on clarity and subtlety as opposed to full-blown Romantic heft and there is no sense of incongruity when Falstaff and Prince Hall burst on the scene...
#Rachmaninoff
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
These masterworks, which were composed in 1915, feature orchestral palettes that concentrate on clarity and subtlety as opposed to full-blown Romantic heft and there is no sense of incongruity when Falstaff and Prince Hall burst on the scene...
#Rachmaninoff
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#Rachmaninoff
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The announcement was made today that Jenny Mollica, Chief Executive of English National Opera (ENO), has been appointed the new CEO of the Roundhouse. She will step down from her current role in summer 2026. @E_N_O #News
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November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The announcement was made today that Jenny Mollica, Chief Executive of English National Opera (ENO), has been appointed the new CEO of the Roundhouse. She will step down from her current role in summer 2026. @E_N_O #News
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English National Opera (ENO) today celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Charles Mackerras by opening applications for the next ENO Mackerras Fellowship – the first to take place under the company’s new Music Director Designate, André de Ridder.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
English National Opera (ENO) today celebrates the centenary of the birth of Sir Charles Mackerras by opening applications for the next ENO Mackerras Fellowship – the first to take place under the company’s new Music Director Designate, André de Ridder.
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Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s company-commissioned 2023 world premiere opera receives nomination for Best Opera RecordingAlbum represents first release from the new Houston Grand Opera label, created with London Symphony Orchestra’s label LSO
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November 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s company-commissioned 2023 world premiere opera receives nomination for Best Opera RecordingAlbum represents first release from the new Houston Grand Opera label, created with London Symphony Orchestra’s label LSO
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It was with Mahler and the Philharmonia that the Royal Opera’s new music director first made a mark with London audiences.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It was with Mahler and the Philharmonia that the Royal Opera’s new music director first made a mark with London audiences.
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Two rare one-Act operas featuring stories of jealous, murderous lust, offer some fascinating juxtapositions – Der Wald (premiered 1902), Ethel Smyth’s second opera, but a late essay in Wagnerian Romanticism if more sensational
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November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Two rare one-Act operas featuring stories of jealous, murderous lust, offer some fascinating juxtapositions – Der Wald (premiered 1902), Ethel Smyth’s second opera, but a late essay in Wagnerian Romanticism if more sensational
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It's been quite a year for Mark-Anthony Turnage, with the widely acclaimed premiere of Festen at the Royal Opera House, and now the premiere of another opera, The Railway Children, his first work for Glyndebourne. Festen adapted a
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November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It's been quite a year for Mark-Anthony Turnage, with the widely acclaimed premiere of Festen at the Royal Opera House, and now the premiere of another opera, The Railway Children, his first work for Glyndebourne. Festen adapted a
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To-date Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic have recorded little of the German symphonic tradition so many associate with the orchestra, so this looked like an interesting addition to their catalogue.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
To-date Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic have recorded little of the German symphonic tradition so many associate with the orchestra, so this looked like an interesting addition to their catalogue.
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Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances have fared well on disc with classic performances from, amongst others, Kubelik, Sejna and Talich. #cdreview @CzechPhil @SirSimonRattle
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October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances have fared well on disc with classic performances from, amongst others, Kubelik, Sejna and Talich. #cdreview @CzechPhil @SirSimonRattle
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As well as being a performer and critic, the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) wrote a considerable body of conventional diatonic music in a wide variety of idioms. #cdreview
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October 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As well as being a performer and critic, the Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) wrote a considerable body of conventional diatonic music in a wide variety of idioms. #cdreview
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Since 2024, when Jaap van Zweden ended his tenure as music director, the New York Philharmonic has been in a transitional period and will remain so until 2026, when Gustavo Dudamel assumes the directorship. #ConcertReview @nyphil
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October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Since 2024, when Jaap van Zweden ended his tenure as music director, the New York Philharmonic has been in a transitional period and will remain so until 2026, when Gustavo Dudamel assumes the directorship. #ConcertReview @nyphil
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This set features pieces that represent Arnold Schoenberg at different points in his career. It starts with that orgy of late-romantic chromaticism Verklarte Nacht in the 1943 arrangement, scored for a minimum of 64 strings.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This set features pieces that represent Arnold Schoenberg at different points in his career. It starts with that orgy of late-romantic chromaticism Verklarte Nacht in the 1943 arrangement, scored for a minimum of 64 strings.
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For his second program in his season as the Philharmonic’s Music and Artistic Director Designate, Gustavo Dudamel showcased two Symphonies separated by nearly two centuries.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For his second program in his season as the Philharmonic’s Music and Artistic Director Designate, Gustavo Dudamel showcased two Symphonies separated by nearly two centuries.
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Some works emerge after an explosion of creative intensity in a matter of weeks; others sit and brood for some time before seeing the light of day.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Some works emerge after an explosion of creative intensity in a matter of weeks; others sit and brood for some time before seeing the light of day.
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Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC)
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September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Against the breathtaking backdrop of the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, the 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC)
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##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
Perforce – because of the tube strikes – to listen to this concert live on Radio 3, rather than be present in the hall, having returned home after the earlier Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
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Perforce – because of the tube strikes – to listen to this concert live on Radio 3, rather than be present in the hall, having returned home after the earlier Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Perforce – because of the tube strikes – to listen to this concert live on Radio 3, rather than be present in the hall, having returned home after the earlier Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
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Perforce – because of the tube strikes – to listen to this concert live on Radio 3, rather than be present in the hall, having returned home after the earlier Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra concert.
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##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
Reportedly one of the first concerts to sell out this year, this Prom will not have disappointed John Wilson’s admirers. A pity so many of them had risen from sickbeds to cough their way through the generous programme.
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Reportedly one of the first concerts to sell out this year, this Prom will not have disappointed John Wilson’s admirers. A pity so many of them had risen from sickbeds to cough their way through the generous programme.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
Reportedly one of the first concerts to sell out this year, this Prom will not have disappointed John Wilson’s admirers. A pity so many of them had risen from sickbeds to cough their way through the generous programme.
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Reportedly one of the first concerts to sell out this year, this Prom will not have disappointed John Wilson’s admirers. A pity so many of them had risen from sickbeds to cough their way through the generous programme.
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Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir for a new orchestral arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, marking its 50th anniversary
- Comedian Bill Bailey makes his BBC Proms
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- Comedian Bill Bailey makes his BBC Proms
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September 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sir Brian May and Roger Taylor join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir for a new orchestral arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, marking its 50th anniversary
- Comedian Bill Bailey makes his BBC Proms
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- Comedian Bill Bailey makes his BBC Proms
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The costume department at Glyndebourne has specially created a dress for soprano Louise Alder to be worn for her performance at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 13 September 2025
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September 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The costume department at Glyndebourne has specially created a dress for soprano Louise Alder to be worn for her performance at the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 13 September 2025
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##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
The stage layout gave a clue to the sound-world of the evening: violas seated to the right of the conductor, cellos and basses to the left.
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The stage layout gave a clue to the sound-world of the evening: violas seated to the right of the conductor, cellos and basses to the left.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
The stage layout gave a clue to the sound-world of the evening: violas seated to the right of the conductor, cellos and basses to the left.
www.classicalsource.com/prom/boulang...
The stage layout gave a clue to the sound-world of the evening: violas seated to the right of the conductor, cellos and basses to the left.
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##ConcertReview@PresteigneFest
Among the 12 world premieres at this year’s Presteigne Festival (now in its 44th year), James B Wilson’s In ocean waves opened an afternoon concert given by the Leonore Piano Trio.
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Among the 12 world premieres at this year’s Presteigne Festival (now in its 44th year), James B Wilson’s In ocean waves opened an afternoon concert given by the Leonore Piano Trio.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
##ConcertReview@PresteigneFest
Among the 12 world premieres at this year’s Presteigne Festival (now in its 44th year), James B Wilson’s In ocean waves opened an afternoon concert given by the Leonore Piano Trio.
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Among the 12 world premieres at this year’s Presteigne Festival (now in its 44th year), James B Wilson’s In ocean waves opened an afternoon concert given by the Leonore Piano Trio.
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Since its formation a few years ago, the Goethe Quartet has rapidly emerged as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles of its generation.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Since its formation a few years ago, the Goethe Quartet has rapidly emerged as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles of its generation.
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André Campra was an important figure in the development of French opera between the death of Lully (1687) and Rameau's first example, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) not least by pioneering the form of the opéra-ballet in L'Europe galante.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
André Campra was an important figure in the development of French opera between the death of Lully (1687) and Rameau's first example, Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) not least by pioneering the form of the opéra-ballet in L'Europe galante.
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##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
Tube strike notwithstanding, the Vienna Philharmonic attracted a virtually full house and rightly so. In terms of technical expertise and the projection of a distinctive corporate sonority, neither performance could be faulted.
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Tube strike notwithstanding, the Vienna Philharmonic attracted a virtually full house and rightly so. In terms of technical expertise and the projection of a distinctive corporate sonority, neither performance could be faulted.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
Tube strike notwithstanding, the Vienna Philharmonic attracted a virtually full house and rightly so. In terms of technical expertise and the projection of a distinctive corporate sonority, neither performance could be faulted.
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Tube strike notwithstanding, the Vienna Philharmonic attracted a virtually full house and rightly so. In terms of technical expertise and the projection of a distinctive corporate sonority, neither performance could be faulted.
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##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises…’ This was the kind of concert Oliver Knussen used to bring to the Proms.
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‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises…’ This was the kind of concert Oliver Knussen used to bring to the Proms.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
##PromReview@BBCProms #bbcproms
‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises…’ This was the kind of concert Oliver Knussen used to bring to the Proms.
www.classicalsource.com/prom/sibeliu...
‘Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises…’ This was the kind of concert Oliver Knussen used to bring to the Proms.
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