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The End of the World: Götterdämmerung in London

The End of the World: Götterdämmerung in London

Wagner Götterdämmerung (semi-staged). Soloists; London Philharmonic Choir; London Voices; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski, KBE. Royal Festival Hall, 27.04.2024 Production: Director – P. J. Harris Video Designer – Pierre Martin Oriol Lighting Designer – Mark Jonathan Lighting Programmer –Rohan McDermott Cast: Siegfried – Burkhard Fritz Brünnhilde - Svetlana Sozdateleva Hagen – Albert Dohmen

Everyday Non-sense: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Aurora's Southbank adventure

Everyday Non-sense: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Aurora's Southbank adventure

Fascinating, enriching, and unforgettable. But, frankly, you might just as easily hate it

Britten Sinfonia at Milton Court: A Horn World Premiere

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Britten Sinfonia at Milton Court: A Horn World Premiere

The Watkins concerto is certainly listener-friendly and should attain a place in the repertoire

The Sacconi Quartet offers a poignant programme at Wigmore Hall

The Sacconi Quartet offers a poignant programme at Wigmore Hall

A beautiful way to spend a Sunday lunchtime

PatKop's Poirot at the Southbank

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PatKop's Poirot at the Southbank

A Gem of a Concert Venue in London: a concert at the Fidelio Café

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A Gem of a Concert Venue in London: a concert at the Fidelio Café

The Fidelio Café, if you haven't already discovered it, is a gem of a venue set in Clerkenwell, between Chancery Lane and Farringdon. Informal concerts happen regularly, fine music with known names offering beautiful programmes in a laid-back space. The informal setting is deliberate - the audience is

Beethoven from La Seine Musicale

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Beethoven from La Seine Musicale

Beethoven Alexandrea Conunova (violin); Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey. Le Seine Musicale, Paris, 27.09.2023 Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55, ‘Eroica’ There have already been two significant season openers this year: the Dresdner Philharmonie (review) and the London Symphony Orchestra under

Patricia Kopatchinskaya and friends at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

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Patricia Kopatchinskaya and friends at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Enescu, Poulenc, PatKop, Bartók, Milhaud, Schoenfield. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); Reto Bieri (clarinet); Polina Leschenko (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24.09.2023 Enescu Impressions d’enfance, Op. 28 (1940) - Ménétrier. Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 (1926) Poulenc Suite, L’Invitation au château, FP 138 (1947, excerpts)

Jurowski and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester at London's Barbican

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Jurowski and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester at London's Barbican

A truly superb concert

Barbara Hannigan and the LSO's unforgettable season opener

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Barbara Hannigan and the LSO's unforgettable season opener

A simply stunning start for the 2023/24 season from the LSO

Miraculous Mozart at the Proms from Pichon

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Miraculous Mozart at the Proms from Pichon

This has to be my Prom of the year! Unforgettable

Gil Shaham, the Israel Phlharmonic and Lahav Shani thrill in Gstaad

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Gil Shaham, the Israel Phlharmonic and Lahav Shani thrill in Gstaad

Gstaad Menuhin Festival 2023: Demut und Überschwang. Brahms. Gil Shaham (violin); Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani. Gstaad Festival Tent, 26.08.2023 Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. Two of Brahms’ masterpieces heard at their finest: this was a major international

Illia Ovcharenko impresses in Gstaad

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Illia Ovcharenko impresses in Gstaad

This is a musician of the highest order: the real deal

Prom 47 review: Ligeti & Mozart

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Prom 47 review: Ligeti & Mozart

A unique Prom in so many respects

Prom 37: Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Prom 37: Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra is always a welcome guest at the Proms ...

Proms 2023: Beethoven's Ninth and Helen Grime at the Proms

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Proms 2023: Beethoven's Ninth and Helen Grime at the Proms

A Proms Ninth to be remembered, for sure - but it is Helen Grime's music that reverberates on in the memory

Benjamin Grosvenor stuns at the Proms

Benjamin Grosvenor stuns at the Proms

A truly lovely, and impressive, Proms recital from Benjamin Grosvenor

Schumann, La Nuit des Rois (Insula)

Schumann, La Nuit des Rois (Insula)

The projects of Insula and Laurence Equilbey offer true musical highpoints of any season – long may they continue

Maxim Vengerov live at the Albert Hall

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Maxim Vengerov live at the Albert Hall

Brahms Gala Maxim Vengerov (violin); Sandra Lied Haga (cello); students from the Royal College of Music, London; Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Marios Papadopoulos. Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.04.2023 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880) Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 (1878) Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor,

Soloists from the Karajan-Akademie excel in Ravel and Beethoven

Soloists from the Karajan-Akademie excel in Ravel and Beethoven

An hour of pure joy

Orchestra of the Swan: Earthcycle, and Echoes preview

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Orchestra of the Swan: Earthcycle, and Echoes preview

Earthcycle. Orchestra of the Swan / David Le Page (violin) with Jackie Oates (folk singer). Stratford Playhouse, Stratford-upon-Avon, 07.02.2023 Trad., arr. Le Page The Birds in Spring David Gordon Windigo Vivaldi (arr. Gordon) La Primavera (Spring), RV 269 Trad., arr. Le Page The Lark in the Morning David Gordon

The Berliner Philharmoniker in London: Mahler, Schnittke, Bruckner

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The Berliner Philharmoniker in London: Mahler, Schnittke, Bruckner

Two Proms, one absolutely unforgettable ...

Sir Bryn Terfel and Verdi's Falstaff in Lerici: the triumph of youth

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Sir Bryn Terfel and Verdi's Falstaff in Lerici: the triumph of youth

This was a fascinating display of talent ... and there is no doubting Bryn Terfel is the Falstaff of today

Concert review: Andrea Chénier from Chelsea Opera Group

Concert review: Andrea Chénier from Chelsea Opera Group

One fervently hopes that COG’s sterling work will bring the operatic power of Chénier back into our consciousness

World Premiere of SEEN by Joanna Marsh

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World Premiere of SEEN by Joanna Marsh

A new BBC Radio 3 vocal commission SEEN by composer Joanna Marsh for the BBC Singers will receive its world premiere performance at the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court on 20th May 2022. Scored for eighteen voices with live electronic manipulation by producer Glen Scott, the piece with a text