450 children celebrate & take part in a wide variety of music: Richard Shephard Music Foundation's annual Make Music Day in York
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: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 30 June 2025 450 children celebrate take part in a wide variety of music : Richard Shephard Music Foundation's annual Make Music Day in York Labels : music education music news York Richard Shephard Music Foundation's annual Make Music Day in York Over 450 school children gathered last week 25 June at York St John University for a day of inspiring music as the Richard Shephard Music Foundation hosted its annual Make Music Day The event brought together over 450 primary school children from across the region to celebrate and take part in a wide variety of . music There were hands-on workshops ranging from Beatboxing to Trinidadian Percussion , nbsp%20Anthony%20Robling.jpg)
: , , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 30 June 2025 New concertos , more Mozart Made in Manchester , expanding Music in Mind : Manchester Camerata's new season Labels : Manchester preview Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Manchester Camerata Photo : Anthony Robling Music director Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Mozart’s Violin Concerto No . 3 with Caroline Pether plus music by Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven , and returns with Mozart , Made in Manchester with soprano Ying Fang in arias by . Mozart Daniel Pioro , one of Manchester Camerata’s artistic partners , will premiere a new violin concerto by Nick Martin . Inspired by the sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth , the piece will receive premier
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 30 June 2025 A vivid sense of style stagecraft with some of the best Handel singers around : Rodelinda at Garsington Opera Labels : Garsington opera review Handel : Rodelinda Lucy Crowe Garsington Opera Photo : courtesy Garsington Opera Handel : Rodelinda Lucy Crowe , Tim Mead , Ed Lyon , Brandon Cedel , Marvic Monreal , Hugh Cutting , director : Ruth Knight , the English Concert , conductor : Peter Whelan Garsington Opera Reviewed 29 June 2025 With a title role performed with real style and agency by Lucy Crowe partnered by Tim Mead singing with luminous tone there is plenty to enjoy , complemented by an intelligent and imaginative presentation of
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 28 June 2025 A different focus : Timothy Ridout in Mozart Hummel with Academy of St Martin in the Fields plus Rossini a Weber symphony Labels : ASMF concert review Hummel , portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler , c . 1814 Rossini : String Sonata No . 1 Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Hummel : Potpourri Op . 94 Weber : Symphony No . 1 Timothy Ridout , Tomo Keller , Academy of St Martin in the Fields Church of St Martin in the Fields Reviewed 26 June 2026 Mozart's violin and viola concertante work in context of music written within the following 40 years including Hummel's wonderfully engaging concertante work for viola Johann Nepomuk Hummel was
: : , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 28 June 2025 From Handel to Verdi beyond : I chat to soprano Soraya Mafi about singing in Handel's Saul at Glyndebourne , expanding into bel canto Bernstein Labels : Glyndebourne interview Handel : Saul Soraya Mafi Glyndebourne Opera Photo : Glyndebourne ASH Soprano Soraya Mafi is currently singing the role of Michal in Handel's Saul at Glyndebourne in the 2025 revival of the 2015 production by Barrie Kosky which can rightly be called iconic see my review Soraya returns to Handel next year when she makes her debut at the Komische Oper Berlin in Belshazzar Before then she will be performing the role of Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide with Welsh
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 27 June 2025 An alternative way people can encounter classical music : Baldur Brönnimann Felix Heri introduce Between Mountains Festival Labels : Guest Posting interview preview This summer , the Between Mountains Festival makes its debut on 19 July at Holdenweid in Hölstein , Switzerland . More than just another music festival , Between Mountains seeks to redefine how classical music is presented and experienced by bringing it into conversation with electronic , ambient , and experimental genres . Set against the unique backdrop of a former psychiatric facility turned cultural centre at the foothills of the Jura Mountains , the festival appeals to%20Britten%20Pears%20Arts%20(17).jpg)
: . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 26 June 2025 The BBC Symphony Orchestra’s visit to this year’s Aldeburgh Festival offered a couple of favourable concerts that stamped the quality and commitment of its fine bunch of players . Labels : Aldeburgh by Tony Cooper concert review Britten : Our Hunting Fathers Allan Clayton , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Sakari Oramo Snape Maltings , Aldeburgh Festival Photo : Britten Pears Arts Daniel Kidane : , Awake Helen Grime : Violin , Concerto Strauss : Tod und Verklärung Vier letzel Lieder Anu Komsi , Leila Josefowicz , BBC Symphony Orchestra , cond . Sakari Oramo Snape Maltings Concert . Hall Helen Grime : Night , Songs Britten : Our Hunting , Fathers%20in%20Trial%20by%20Jury.%20Credit%20Mihaela%20Bodlovic..jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 25 June 2025 Brilliant reinvention razor sharp take-down : Scottish Opera's double-bill pairs Gilbert Sullivan with Toby Hession's brand new comedy at Opera Holland Park Labels : Opera Holland Park opera review Scottish Opera Gilbert Sullivan : Trial by Jury Jamie MacDougall Scottish Opera Photo : Mihaela Bodlovic Gilbert Sullivan : Trial by Jury Toby Hession Emma Jenkins : A Matter of Misconduct Richard Suart , Jamie MacDougall , Kira Kaplan , Chloe Harris Ross Cumming , Edward Jowle , directors : John Savournin Laura Attridge , Scottish Opera , conductor : Toby Hession Opera Holland Park Reviewed 24 June 2025 A brilliant reinvention of Gilbert
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 24 June 2025 A new work for piano duet : The Clements Prize for Composers 2025 Labels : Conway Hall music news Photo from Art UK Conway Hall Sunday Concerts is inviting young composers to submit a work for piano duet to The Clements Prize 2025. Up to eight submissions will be selected to be performed by Clíodna Shanahan and Simon Callaghan at the final round in Conway Hall’s Main Hall on 2 November 2025. A workshop involving all the final round composers and the performers will take place at 2pm on the same date . nbsp The winner of the first prize will be awarded 1,500. Alfred J . Clements 1858-1938 was the organiser and secretary of the South Place%20Britten%20Pears%20Arts%20(1).jpg)
: . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 24 June 2025 A trio of concerts at this year’s Aldeburgh Festival highlights the diversity of music to be found on the Suffolk coast . Labels : Aldeburgh by Tony Cooper concert review Snape Maltings Edward Gardner Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Aldeburgh Festival Photo : Britten Pears Arts Daniel Kidane : Sirens Mark-Anthony Turnage : Refugee Nielsen : Symphony No.4 Allan Clayton , Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra , cond . Edward Gardner Snape Maltings Concert Hall , Suffolk Alex Tay , Mingdu Li , Liucilė Vilimaitė , Hy-Khang Dang , Sam Rudd-Jones , Jasper Eaglesfield , Helen Grime , Mark-Anthony Turnage , Colin Matthews , Goehr ,
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 24 June 2025 That was quite a party Paul Curran's production of Die Fledermaus at The Grange Festival makes for a terrific evening in the theatre thanks to a brilliant cast Labels : Grange Festival opera review Johann Strauss : Die Fledermaus The Grange Festival Photo : Richard Hubert Smith Johann Strauss : nbsp Die Fledermaus Sylvia Schwartz , Andrew Hamilton , Ben McAteer , Ellie Laugharne , Claudia Huckle , Trystan Llŷr Griffiths , Darren Jeffery , Myra DuBois , director : Paul Curran , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , conductor : Paul Daniel The Grange Festival Reviewed : 22 June 2025 With cross-dressing chorus , all-singing , all-dancing soloists
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 23 June 2025 Modern resonances musical style : Richard Farnes conducts Verdi's La traviata at the Grange Festival with Samantha Clarke Nico Darmanin Labels : Grange Festival Verdi : La Traviata Samantha Clarke The Grange Festival Photo : Richard Hubert Smith Verdi : La traviata Samantha Clarke , Nico Darmanin , Dario Solari , Annie Reilly , director : Maxine Braham , Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra , conductor : Richard Farnes The Grange Festival Reviewed 21 June 2025 An impressively fully realised account of the title role from Samantha Clarke in a period production that pulled no punches , with a strongly balanced cast and terrific Bournemouth
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 21 June 2025 Maiden , Mother and Crone : mezzo-soprano Rowan Hellier talks about her interdisciplinary project integrating music movement exploring the fascinating figure of Baba Yaga Labels : interview Oxford Lieder Festival Baba Yaga workshop Ana Dordevic , Rowan Hellier , Carola Schwab Photo : Pascal Buenning Deutsche Oper Rowan Hellier is a mezzo-soprano who , along with her operatic career , is known for creating projects which blur the boundaries of genre , discipline and aesthetic , often centring on women’s stories and her concepts have featured at major venues such as Wigmore Hall At the Oxford International Song Festival in October ,%20in%20The%20Merry%20Widow.%20Credit%20Mihaela%20Bodlovic.%20(2).jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 20 June 2025 The Merry Widow meets the Godfather : Scottish Opera brings John Savournin's new production of Lehár's operetta to Opera Holland Park Labels : Opera Holland Park opera review Scottish Opera Lehár The Merry Widow Alex Otterburn , Henry Waddington Scottish Opera Photo : Mihaela Bodlovic Lehár : The Merry Widow Paula Sides , Alex Otterburn , Rhian Lois , William Morgan , Henry Waddington , director : John Savournin , Scottish Opera , conductor : Stuart Stratford Opera Holland Park Reviewed 19 June 2025 Scottish Opera brings its New York Mafia Merry Widow t o Opera Holland Park in a production where the two principals shine despite
: , : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 19 June 2025 Enjoyment , exploration sheer virtuosic fun : Sisters from Karine Deshayes Delphine Haidan Sisters music by Rossini , Viardot , Gluck Berlioz , Berlioz , Bertin , Bellini , Grandval , Saint-Saens Karine Deshayes , Delphine Haidan , Orchestre national Avignon-Provence , conductor Débora Waldman NoMadMusic Reviewed 13 June 2025 Part celebration , part luxuriant delight : Malibran and Viardot celebrated in a programme that was clearly a joy for both soloists and performers , enjoyment , exploration and sheer virtuosic fun From around 1825 to 1863 the sisters Maria Malibran 1808-1836 and Pauline Viardot 1821-1910 lit up the operatic stage 
: Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Thursday , 19 June 2025 Early Music Day in Oxford Labels : preview The Continuo Foundation is joining forces with Oxford Festival of the Arts to present an Early Music Day on Saturday 12 July 2025 at Magdalen College . nbsp The day will consist of two afternoon concerts by Continuo grantee ensembles , the Linarol Consort and the Bellot Ensemble , plus a talk by Nicholas Kenyon on the early music . revival The Linarol Consort is joined by countertenor William Purefoy for a programme celebrating the life and times of Oxford-born Orlando Gibbons , exploring a range of his works , alongside those of his contemporaries , John Bull , William Byrd and Thomas Weelkes ..jpg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Wednesday , 18 June 2025 Opera in the heart of Clapham : St Paul's Opera's Summer Opera Festival Labels : preview Rehearsal images from St Paul's Opera's forthcoming production of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore My local opera company , St Paul's Opera is presenting its annual Summer operatic staging at St Paul's Church , Clapham next month 3 to 5 July 2025 with Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore . The director is Eloise Lally who directed English Touring Opera's production of Bellini's The Capulets The Montagues which we caught in Hackney earlier this year see my review The music director is Adrian Salinero , a London-based Basque Spanish pianist , repetiteur and vocal.jpg)
: , . Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 17 June 2025 The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends , the composer’s first foray into opera . Labels : Aldeburgh by Tony Cooper opera review Snape Maltings Colin Matthews : A Visit to Friends Lotte Betts-Dean , Marcus Farnsworth Aldeburgh Festival Photo : Richard Hubert Smith Colin Matthews : A Visit to Friends Lotte Betts-Dean , Susanna Hurrell , Marcus Farnsworth , Edward Hawkins , Gary Matthewman , director Rachael Hewer , Aurora Orchestra , conductor Jessica Cottis Snape Maltings Concert Hall , Aldeburgh Festival Reviewed by Tony Cooper , 14 June 2025 An opera-within-an-opera’ , Colin
: , : , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Tuesday , 17 June 2025 Lieder , songs and sonnets : David Butt Philip in Vaughan Williams , Alma Mahler , Wagner Britten at Wigmore Hall Labels : concert review Wigmore Hall David Butt Philip Photo : Andrew Staples Ralph Vaughan Williams , Alma Mahler , Wagner , Britten : David Butt Philip , James Baillieu Wigmore Hall Reviewed 15 June 2025 In a rare song recital , the dramatic tenor explores a remarkably diverse yet imaginative programme that moved away from his opera repertory Thanks to the vagaries of programming and that fact the much of his chosen operatic repertoire of Wagner and Richard Strauss is relatively rare on these shores at the moment ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 16 June 2025 Becoming Tosca : Prologue Opera brings its unique approach to the 2025 Grimeborn Festival Labels : Grimeborn preview Have ever seen an operatic performance and wondered about a character’s backstory and what drives them Tenor Anthony Flaum founded Prologue Opera to answer such questions . Based in Sussex , the company believes opera , as an artform , can enrich lives , and they aim to not only provide quality entertainment to audiences who may not have been exposed to opera previously but also to capitalise on the wealth of local talent in the Sussex area , and encourage positive artistic and emotional experiences through opera and . music
: , , Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Monday , 16 June 2025 Side-By-Side Brixton Chamber Orchestra Lambeth school children , conductor Matthew O'Keeffe Church of St John the Divine , Kennington Labels : concert review Side-By-Side Brixton Chamber Orchestra Lambeth school children , conductor Matthew O'Keeffe Church of St John the Divine , Kennington On Friday 13 June 2025 at the Church of St John the Divine in Kennington , the Brixton Chamber Orchestra BCO presented the second of two concerts in which they were joined by local school children playing Side-By-Side The result of a month-long project , they performed together at the Lambeth Country Show on 7 June and at St John the Divine on 13 June.jpeg)
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Saturday , 14 June 2025 A sonic portrait of British Jewish families : composer Na'ama Zisser on the JMI Archive Labels : interview Tai Rona at the launch event for the JMI Archive at Stone Nest The Jewish Music Institute JMI is the UK’s home for Jewish music and for decades as part of its Archive , JMI has been collecting music resources from families , collectors and foundations . Since last year , composer Na'ama Zisser has been the CEO and artistic director of JMI , and she has been spearheading a project aimed at relaunching and revitalising the Archive . The collection had been in a storage facility in Surrey , some 6,000 items , vinyls , shellac discs ,
: : Pages Robert's Link Tree About Us Contact Us Twitter : RobertHugill Live reviews archive CD reviews archive Interviews archive Friday , 13 June 2025 The one where Dido kills Aeneas : Oliver Platt radically refocuses Purcell's opera at Guildhall School Labels : GSMD opera review Purcell : Dido Aeneas Joshua Saunders as Aeneas with the Witches Guildhall School Photo : David Monteith-Hodge Purcell : Dido and Aeneas Julia Merino , Karima El Demerdasch , Manon Ogwen Parry , Joshua Saunders , director : Oliver Platt , Academy of Ancient Music , conductor James Henshaw Guildhall School of Music and Drama Reviewed 11 June 2025 Time travelling production of Purcell's masterwork recontextualises the drama without explaining or satisfying , but with some strong dramatic performances Purcell's