City churches host summer music in June

City churches host summer music in June

May 23, 2025 | News

The seventh annual Summer Music in City Churches will take place from 18 to 27 June in the City of London and feature music with the theme of Eternal Light and a feast of British music both old and new. The legendary Sir John Rutter conducts the opening concert with a...
HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey

HALLÉ: Adès, Leith and Marsey

May 23, 2025 | CD reviews

Hallé OrchestraThomas Adès conductor SIEMENS CD HLL 7567 This, above all, is a showcase for the Hallé, who play with brilliance and authority in these kaleidoscopic scores. Their titles may suggest that they are all programmatic in a sense, although in the case of...
MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe

MADELEINE DRING: Complete Music for Oboe

May 23, 2025 | CD reviews

Nicholas Daniel Oboe Adam Walker Flute Amy Harman BassoonAntonio Oyarzábal Piano CHANDOS 20344 By a happy accident just a few days before this CD plopped on my doormat, I had heard an excellent performance of Dring’s Trio for Flute, Oboe and Piano in Hereford. It had...
British chamber music features in June concerts

British chamber music features in June concerts

May 21, 2025 | News

British chamber music will feature in a trio of concerts taking place in June including one at Leighton House in London by violinist Madeleine Mitchell, pianist Julian Milford and cellist Kirsten Jenson (pictured above). On 1 June as part of the Music In Country...
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra releases Holst album

May 15, 2025 | News

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s latest album, released on 30 May, unites Holst’s beloved Planets suite with the world premiere recording of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Earth. More than a century after its premiere, Gustav Holst’s intergalactic masterpiece, The...