BBC Proms returns in summer 2026
Over 3,000 artists, 72 proms at the Royal Albert Hall and 13 at UK venues and 20 world premieres are promised when the world’s largest classical music festival takes place in July…
EDMUND RUBBRA: Choral Music
Since his death 40 years ago, Edmund Rubbra’s music remains on the outskirts of the repertoire. Much still deserves an airing but this collection includes three first recordings…
Festival to focus on composer Julius Benedict
A week-long Julius Benedict Festival, organised by Music in the Burnhams, is taking place in North Norfolk in July 2026…
JIM AITCHISON: Piano Quintets
Aitchison’s first piano quintet, Margarete, has its relationship to Anselm Kiefer’s 1981 painting of the same name. The composer states that this is regarded as a ‘pivotal work…
HAVERGAL BRIAN: Symphony No. 1 ‘The Gothic’
While it is fashionable to observe that ‘of course’ the piece is uneven, it is also worth stressing its staggering originality; not a contrived originality…