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Andrew Parrott on The Taverner Consort at 50: ‘It’s not that I believe in perfection. I think that could be very boring’

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Choir and Organ

The Taverner Consort, Choir & Players were among the first pioneers in the modern age to perform early music. Its founder Andrew Parrott is still driven by an urge to push boundaries

Orgel Festival Holland 2023 dedicated to ‘European music in times of war and peace’

News

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

| Choir and Organ

Contemporary music also features in the festival’s programme, with a concert of arrangements for organ and percussion of pieces by rock musician Frank Zappa

BBC Proms 2023 announced: three of Choir & Organ’s 2023 New Music composers have Proms premieres

News

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

| Choir and Organ

BBC Singers will perform at five Proms, including the First and Last Nights and a Late Night Prom, showcasing their broad range of repertoire

In memoriam: Barry Humphries

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Opera Now

Barry Humphries was undeniably an opera lover of devotion and authenticity

Video of the Day: Roderick Williams sings on a windswept Aldeburgh Beach

Classical Music News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Gramophone

Roderick Williams sings the folksong O Waly, Waly on Aldeburgh Beach to launch the 2023 Aldeburgh Festival

Opera at the BBC Proms 2023

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Opera Now

A stand-out complete performance of Berlioz’s The Trojans comes on 3 September, bringing this five-act opera back to the UK for the first time in over 10 years

Royal Opera House announces its 2023/2024 season

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Opera Now

Pappano’s last new production will be Strauss’s Elektra in January 2024 with Nina Stemme in the title role, and Karita Mattila as the haunted queen Klytämnestra

Olivier Awards celebrate achievements in London opera

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Opera Now

Best New Opera Production went to the Royal Opera House’s production of Handel’s Alcina which premiered in November last year

James Bowman (1941-2023): Obituary

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Opera Now

Bowman’s large-scale voice of hypnotizingly satisfying beauty helped revive the art of the operatic countertenor

Album review: ‘The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’

Features

Monday, May 22, 2023

| Gramophone

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

‘I cannot be put in a cage. Like the character of Carmen, I always fight for my freedom’ | Aigul Akhmetshina interview

Features

Monday, May 22, 2023

| Opera Now

Aigul Akhmetshina is a major young talent whose sensuous, captivating mezzo voice and compelling stage presence is proving to be a huge attraction in major opera houses around the world

‘Opera allows us to step outside of ourselves’ | Mary Bevan interview

Features

Monday, May 22, 2023

| Opera Now

Soprano Mary Bevan’s individuality as an artist has emerged as a bright, beautiful and unpretentious force for the good, intent on changing people’s minds about opera and its importance to society

Video of the Day: composer Kaija Saariaho speaks to James Jolly

Classical Music News

Monday, May 22, 2023

| Gramophone

Editor-in-Chief James Jolly meets composer Kaija Saariaho for an in-depth exploration of her life and music as part of medici.tv's musicmakers series

Video of the Day: Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninov

Classical Music News

Friday, May 19, 2023

| Gramophone

The pianist plays In the Silence of the Secret Night from his new album released today

Kirill Gerstein on playing Rachmaninov

Podcasts

Friday, May 19, 2023

| Gramophone

The Gramophone Award-winning pianist marks Rachmaninov's 150th anniversary with a twinned release

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Andrew Parrott on The Taverner Consort at 50: ‘It’s not that I believe in perfection. I think that could be very boring’

Orgel Festival Holland 2023 dedicated to ‘European music in times of war and peace’

BBC Proms 2023 announced: three of Choir & Organ’s 2023 New Music composers have Proms premieres

In memoriam: Barry Humphries

Video of the Day: Roderick Williams sings on a windswept Aldeburgh Beach

Opera at the BBC Proms 2023

Royal Opera House announces its 2023/2024 season

Olivier Awards celebrate achievements in London opera

James Bowman (1941-2023): Obituary

Album review: ‘The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla’

‘I cannot be put in a cage. Like the character of Carmen, I always fight for my freedom’ | Aigul Akhmetshina interview

‘Opera allows us to step outside of ourselves’ | Mary Bevan interview

Video of the Day: composer Kaija Saariaho speaks to James Jolly

Video of the Day: Kirill Gerstein plays Rachmaninov

Kirill Gerstein on playing Rachmaninov

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