You Are Loved: Music for Change
Updated: 2025-09-12 07:46:00
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 12 September 2025 You Are Loved : Music for Change Labels : preview On 10 October 2025, World Mental Health Day , nbsp some of London’s brightest queer artists will perform at St Giles Cripplegate to shine a spotlight on suicide and drug-related death crisis in the LGBTQ+ community in a charity concert You Are Loved Music for . Change Mr Gay Great Britain and mental health ambassador Andy Gardiner will present the show . There will be performances by London Gay Men’s Chorus , London Gay Symphony Orchestra , countertenor Andrew Watts , pianist Gavin Roberts co-founder of Song in the City baritone Kang Yang , countertenor Eliran Kadussi , mezzo-soprano
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 11 September 2025 A restless soul : Matthias Goerne David Fray in late Schubert Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall Schubert with friends Johann Baptist Jenger Anselm Huttenbrenner Chalk drawing 1827, by Josef Eduard Teltscher Schubert : Schwanengesang , Piano Sonata in B flat D960 Matthias Goerne , David Fray Wigmore Hall Reviewed 9 September 2025 Matthias Goerne opens Wigmore Hall's new season with a remarkably intense account of Schubert's last song cycle paired with one of the late piano sonatas Baritone Matthias Goerne was intended to open Wigmore Hall s 2025 26 season in recital with pianist Maria João Pires in a programme of late Schubert
: : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 9 September 2025 Fantasia : Matilda Lloyd Richard Gowers launch their new disc with music by Richard Barnard , Roxanna Panufnik , Deborah Pritchard Owain Park Labels : music news Richard Barnard , Richard Gowers , Roxanna Panufnik , Matilda Lloyd , Deborah Pritchard , Owain Park at St George's Hanover Square for the launch of Fantasia Photo : Dominik Zaczek In July , I met up with trumpeter Matilda Lloyd for a chat about her new disc with organist Richard Gowers , Fantasia on Chandos Records see my interview New challenge and new repertoire' The disc is released next week 19 September with two singles from the album already . available On Monday 8
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 9 September 2025 The Great English Anthem : Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea at the Chelsea History Festival Labels : Chelsea preview From 24 to 28 September 2025 it is the Chelsea History Festival with a wide range of activities at the National Army Museum , the Chelsea Physic Garden and the Royal Hospital Chelsea . On the opening evening , 24 September 2025, William Vann and the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will be giving a concert , The Great English Anthem . The evening is a chance to hear some favourite English anthems in two historic venues as the event begins in the Great Hall and moves on to the Wren . Chapel The
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 8 September 2025 Making restitution : Sir Arthur Bliss' The Beatitudes returns to BBC Proms after a gap of 60 years Labels : BBC concert review Proms Bliss : The Beatitudes Elizabeth Watts , Laurence Kilsby , nbsp BBC Symphony Orchestra , BBC Singers , Sakari Oramo BBC Proms Photo : Chris Christodoulou BBC Ruth Gips : Death on the Pale Horse Grieg : Piano Concerto Bliss : The Beatitudes Elizabeth Watts , Laurence Kilsby , Lukas Sternath , BBC Symphony Orchestra , BBC Symphony Chorus , BBC Singers , Sakari Oramo BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 7 September 2025 Bliss' powerful war-inspired cantata , written for the consecration of Coventry
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 8 September 2025 A focus on women composers and poets : London Song Festival returns Labels : preview Nadia and Lili Boulenger , photographed in 1913. Nigel Foster's London Song Festival returns next month for a season of 10 concerts exploring the work of women composers . As ever , the concerts are at Hinde Street Methodist Church and things kick off on 17 October with Nigel Foster being joined by mezzo-soprano Katie Bray and tenor Guy Cutting for songs and song cycles by Nadia and Lili . Boulanger Then soprano Francesca Chiejina and mezzo-soprano Lea Shaw explore African American women composers and the struggle for Civil Rights with music by
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 6 September 2025 Angel of Peace : The Sixteen's 25th Choral Pilgrimage moves from the 12th century to the present day but it is early Tudor polyphony that stays in the memory Labels : concert review The Sixteen Angel of : Peace Hildegard of Bingen , nbsp Arvo Pärt , Will Todd , Anna Clyne , John Taverner The Sixteen , Harry Christophers , Sarah Sexton Church of St Martin in the Fields Reviewed 5 September 2025 The Sixteen's 25th Choral Pilgrimage mixes the contemporary with music from the 12th century , along with two great Marian antiphons that celebrate the florid music of the early Tudor church The Sixteen s 2025 Choral Pilgrimage , nbsp Angel of
: , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 5 September 2025 Conductors aren’t born , they’re forged New choral conducting mentorship programme , Forge , launched Labels : music news Conductors aren’t born , they’re forged . With this bold statement the Forge choral conducting mentorship has been launched . A mentoring programme for aspiring choral conductors , Forge has been founded by choral conductors Tori Longdon and Greg . Beardsall Despite the remarkable number of choral conductors in the UK , only two British conservatoires provide postgraduate study for choral conductors , totalling fewer than seven available training places each year . A third programme , previously run by
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 4 September 2025 Music connects all of us , and people can create on all levels : RNS Moves to make its London debut Labels : Kings Place North East preview RNS Moves RNS Moves , the ensemble made up of professional disabled musicians and non-disabled members of Royal Northern Sinfonia , will make its London debut on 21 September at Kings Place , performing a programme that brings together renaissance choral music , contemporary minimalism and modern . experimental Improvisation and experimentation lie at the heart of the ensemble , and their performance at Kings Place will see them pair works by Caroline Shaw , Philip Glass , James MacMillan ,
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 3 September 2025 Britten Pears Arts has embarked on the first phase of a 13.8 million Capital Programme to upgrade facilities at Snape Maltings Labels : music news Snape Maltings Snape Maltings , Britten Pears Photo : Britten Pears Arts Arts organisation spends lots of money that ought to be a common enough headline but in today's climate large-scale spending in the arts is becoming rarer . Which is why it is nice to be able to report that Britten Pears Arts has embarked on the first phase of a 13.8 million Capital Programme to upgrade facilities at Snape Maltings . nbsp Under architects De Matos Ryan , the Britten Pears Building which was originally.jpg)
: : , , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 3 September 2025 BBC Proms : Two tempests , a fire and a swan , Thomas Adès conducts Sibelius , Gabriella Smith his own music with BBC Symphony Orchestra Labels : BBC concert Proms Gabriella Smith : Breathing Forests James McVinnie , Thomas Adès , BBC Symphony Orchestra BBC Proms Photo : Andy Paradise BBC Sibelius : The Swan of Tuonela Gabriella Smith : Breathing Forests Thomas Adès : Five Spells from The Tempest Sibelius The Tempest Suite No . 1 James McVinnie , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Thomas Adès BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 2 September 2025 Mixing his own music with that of Sibelius and the UK premiere of a work written for.jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 2 September 2025 BBC Proms : Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth from massed BBC ENO forces but Amanda Majeski's Katerina triumphs Labels : BBC opera review Proms Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk John Findon , Amanda Majeski , BBC Philharmonic , BBC Singers , ENO , John Storgårds BBC Proms Photo : BBC Andy Paradise Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mstsensk Amanda Majeski , Brindley Sherratt , John Findon , Nicky Spence , director : Ruth Knight , BBC Philharmonic , BBC Singers , Chorus Orchestra of ENO , conductor : John Storgårds BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 1 September 2025 Massed forces bring out the power and savagery of Shostakovich's
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 1 September 2025 Shifting Patterns : Scottish Ensemble opens 2025 26 fusing music by Anna Meredith and Henryk Górecki with animations by Ewan Jones Morris Labels : preview Scotland Scottish Ensemble at Celtic Connections in January 2025 with Donald Grant and Friends Photo : Tom Lovatt The Scottish Ensemble opens its 2025 2026 season with Shifting Patterns a programme of music by Anna Meredith and Henryk Górecki which promises to be a striking fusion of sound and visuals . Touring to Eden Court in Inverness , Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall , Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh and Perth Concert Hall during October , the programme will explore the emotive power of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 1 September 2025 Refuge : An Evening of Opera Exploring Women’s Experiences and Resilience Labels : preview On 23 September 2025, soprano Lizzie Ryder is curating and performing in Refuge : An Evening of Opera Exploring Women’s Experiences and Resilience at the Brunel Museum's Thames Tunnel Shaft . nbsp The evening will feature sopranos Lizzie Ryder , Roberta Philip and Georgie Malcolm , mezzos Hannah Morley and Naomi Lidiard , tenor Matthew Curtis , actor Rachel Fletcher and pianist Panaretos Kyriatzidis in a concert in aid of Refuge , the UK charity supporting women and children experiencing domestic . abuse The evening will features music from.jpeg)
: : . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Sunday , 31 August 2025 BBC Proms : Rarely has large-scale Handel felt so vital involving . Peter Whelan the Irish Baroque Orchestra in the Dublin version of Alexander's Feast Labels : BBC concert review Handel Ireland Proms Handel : Alexander's Feast Hilary Cronin , Stuart Jackson , Peter Whelan , Irish Baroque Orchestra Chorus BBC Proms Photo : Chris Christodoulou BBC Handel : Alexander's Feast 1742 version , modern premiere Concerti a due cori Hilary Cronin , Hugh Cutting , Stuart Jackson , Irish Baroque Orchestra Chorus , Peter Whelan BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 30 August 2025 This was unashamedly Big Baroque with the Dublin version of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 30 August 2025 Up close personal : a pacey vivid account of Mozart's Don Giovanni from Ensemble OrQuesta at the Grimeborn Festival Labels : Grimeborn opera review Mozart : Don Giovanni Ensemble OrQuesta at Grimeborn Festival , Arcola Theatre Photo : Julian Guidera Mozart : Don Giovanni Marcio da Silva , Flavio Lauria , Helen May , Rosemary Carlton-Willis , Anna-Luise Wagner , John Twitchen , director : Marcio da Silva , Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble , conductor : Andreas Levisianos , Ensemble OrQuesta Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre Reviewed 29 August 2025 A compact chamber version of the opera , notable for its pacey drama and.jpeg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 29 August 2025 The Glyndebourne Prom : Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with a young cast on superb form Labels : BBC Glyndebourne opera review Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro Huw Montague Rendall , Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Glyndebourne at the BBC Proms Photo : Chris Christodoulou BBC Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro Tommaso Barea , Johann Wallroth , Huw Montague Rendall , Louise Alder , Adèle Charvet , director : Mariame Clément Talia Stern , Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment , conductor : Riccardo Minasi , Glyndebourne Festival Opera BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall Reviewed 27 August 2025 An economical staging mixed comedy , tragedy and
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 Sing for Pleasure , the UK’s leading provider of choral conductor training , launches its newly updated Choral Conductor Training Programme Labels : music education Sing for Pleasure training in action Photo : Simon King This month , nbsp Sing for Pleasure , the UK’s leading provider of choral conductor training , launched its newly updated Choral Conductor Training Programme . The Programme , is an expansion and development on existing courses and builds on 60 years of expertise in the . field The new programme starts with an Essentials module and then there are four levels Consolidating , Developing , Enriching and Extending . The
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 East meets West : music for strings and tabla from Dionysius Ensemble as part of Slough Cultural Revival Labels : preview Slough Cultural Revival is a project led by Slough Arts Forum , a collective of over 50 arts organisations , and supported by Arts Council England , intended to revive’ the town as a centre for creativity and innovation , and act as a powerful catalyst for a vibrant cultural future for the . town As part of this , the Dionysius Ensemble is presenting a cross cultural music event in Slough . East meets West at St Mary's Church , Slough , SL1 1PJ on 28 September 2025 will feature music for strings and tabla , with
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 27 August 2025 Time to get blowing : Brassworks , Woolwich Works' celebration of all things brass Labels : preview Brassworks at Woolwich Works Brassworks , Woolwich Works' celebrations of all things brass returns to the multi-disciplinary cultural hub on the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich on Saturday 6 September 2025 with a parade through Woolwich , and a full day of free outdoor concerts in the . courtyard The day kicks off with a parade through Woolwich towards Dial Arch and through the Royal Arsenal , winding its way to Woolwich Works . There , the Courtyard Stage will feature a whole variety of brass in free performances until 9.30pm . There is
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 26 August 2025 25 years of the special natural setting of Exmoor Dartmoor : the Two Moors Festival celebrates Labels : preview South Molton Church This October the Two Moors Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with events encompassing Exmoor 1-5 October 2025 and Dartmoor 8-12 October 2025 Since 2001, the Two Moors Festival has evolved into one of the most distinctive classical music festivals in the UK . It usually welcomes over 4,000 people to its rural venues . The Festival also nurtures young artists through its Young Musicians’ Competition and assists performers through its residency programmes . This year’s line-up represents the best of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 26 August 2025 A milestone : Steel City Choristers' first international tour to Berlin and Leipzig Labels : music news sheffield Steel City Choristers performing at Berlin Cathedral Earlier this month , Steel City Choristers went on its first international tour a week-long trip singing in Berlin and Leipzig . The choir of 24 children and 15 adult singers , based at St Mark’s Broomhill in Sheffield , was formed following the unexpected disbanding of Sheffield Cathedral Choir in 2020, with the aim of keeping choral music alive in the . city Members of the cathedral-style choir sang a diverse range of works for hundreds of people in six performances at