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Composer Max Richter secures Ivors Innovation Award 2026
Commercial-savvy Richter’s Ivors Award for ingenuity and impact meets the brief…
George Fenton (1949 – 2026)
A great man with a phenomenal craft for compression and the ability to summon a moment in a moment for…
Review – ‘Nature’s Dance’ (Cameron Biles-Liddell) – BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Cameron Biles-Liddell’s new harp concerto Nature’s Dance: an entertaining and polished affair….
Review – Academy of Ancient Music with Amanda Forsthye
Spoiler: Amanda Forsythe is amazing. Why is she not performing more in more places outside of the US? One of the…
Britten Pears Arts partners with music hubs to host activities at the O’Hare Music Centre
How provision for some young Suffolk musicians has developed, and the role Britten Pears Arts’ new O’Hare Music Centre is…
Preview – King’s Place Origins Unwrapped 2027
The ever-reliable King’s Place have 2027 all mapped out with an enticingly eclectic mix of programmes that soothes the troubled…
Review – Britten’s War Requiem from London Philharmonic Orchestra
A courageous and perfectly timed season opener from the LPO, meeting the need of the moment with precision craft….
Review – Anna Handler conducts Ulster Orchestra in Beethoven 9
Anna Handler’s debut suggests the Ulster Orchestra has a story worth telling. The challenge is getting it heard….
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