An inspiring musical offering to an often under-served minority
- Monday, June 12, 2023
David Fray’s L’Offrande Musicale festival brings world class music-making to hundreds of disabled people, and the result is magnificent and moving
Features
Chopin’s Études: a deep dive into the best recordings
- Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Chopin’s two sets of Études invested the didactic keyboard study with unparalleled artistry and musical substance. Jed Distler considers a selection of the finest recordings from the past 90 years
Contemporary composer: Kaija Saariaho
- Friday, June 2, 2023
Guy Rickards champions Finland’s great spectralist composer, who has died at the age of 70
Randall Goosby interview: ‘I’m a big fan of slow movements – heart on the sleeve, emotional music’
- Friday, June 2, 2023
Whether he’s performing Max Bruch or Florence Price, for Randall Goosby it’s about searching for the music’s soul and sharing it with people
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The Festival With Love: Festival Academy Budapest 2023
- Thursday, June 1, 2023
Now for the eighth year, the world’s eyes once again turn to Hungary and the celebration that is the Festival Academy Budapest. Between July 14 and 23, the 10-day classical chamber music festival will fill the city’s most special venues with music and life
Otto Klemperer - a monumental life on record
- Tuesday, May 30, 2023
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the conductor's death, we explore the links between his life and music - plus, hear interviews with people who knew him
Album review: ‘The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’
- Monday, May 22, 2023
Taken as a souvenir of a ritual of a unique inaugural installation that has survived for over a millennium, this Decca recording will reap many rewards
Handel's home reopens after £3m restoration
- Thursday, May 18, 2023
The London life of the composer - and that of Jimi Hendrix - explored with astonishing attention to detail
What lies ahead for classical recording?
- Monday, May 15, 2023
‘High costs and a vast catalogue concentrate the mind, and the result is release schedules full of purpose and creativity’
Paul Simon | My Music: ‘The analysis is unimportant – if the song is beautiful then it lasts’
- Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Singer-songwriter Paul Simon on memories of Mahler, working with the vocal ensemble VOCES8, and on the dream-inspired origins of his new album, Seven Psalms
Icon: Grace Bumbry
- Tuesday, May 9, 2023
A tribute to the American soprano/mezzo Grace Bumbry who dreamt of becoming a Lieder singer then fell into opera
The Coronation: Meeting the Composers Behind the Music
- Thursday, May 4, 2023
Jack Pepper looks ahead to the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. In Part Two, we explore the contemporary music written or arranged for the ceremony and meet some of the composers…
The Coronation: Royal Music Through Time
- Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Jack Pepper looks ahead to the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. In Part One, he curates a playlist of Royal composers across the centuries…
The Coronation: Military Musicians
- Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Jack Pepper looks ahead to the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. In Part Three, we explore the role of military musicians, taking a deep dive into the world and contribution of the Royal Marines Band Service…
'It's all about the emotions for me': Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd on her latest album, Casta Diva
- Friday, April 28, 2023
Matilda Lloyd speaks to Opera Now’s Editor Hattie Butterworth about the physiology of brass playing, her relationship with opera and addressing the stereotypes of the instrument
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