Tag: Aldeburgh Festival
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Imogen Holst’s Aldeburgh home awarded Grade II listed status
Imo’s modest retreat with its rich musical legacy—now officially recognised.
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76th Aldeburgh Festival programme announced with premieres from Daniel Kidane, Helen Grime and Gavin Higgins
Programming details for next year’s Aldeburgh Festival (13th – 29th June 2025) sees a series of commissions that underline the reputations of many British composers whose names form an important part of the UK’s classical music scene.
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Journal – Finally getting Messiaen
Profoundly moving and deeply personal. Gweneth Ann Rand and Simon Lepper’s Aldeburgh performance of Messiaen’s Harawi was incredible.
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Review – Blond Eckbert at Aldeburgh Festival 2024
A fast-paced opera complete with revelations and tragic consequences, Weir’s work was a fitting choice for the first day of the 75th Aldeburgh Festival.
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Britten’s Song Trail at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
An innovative series of concerts in different Aldeburgh locations
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Review: Tsoy and Kolesnikov play Bach and Shostakovich at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Easily the best thing at Aldeburgh this week.
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Review: BBC Phil plays Britten Violin Concerto and Sibelius 5 at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Power and verve from the BBC Philharmonic and Simone Lamsma
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Composer Sarah Angliss talks about her new opera ‘Giant’ premiering at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
In conversation with composer Sarah Angliss.
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Aldeburgh Festival premieres ‘Violet’ by Tom Coult and Alice Birch
Tom Coult and Alice Birch’s ‘Violet’ opened the 2022 Aldeburgh Festival. The new opera is gripping, bleak, and thought-provoking.
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Line-up revealed for an extended Aldeburgh Festival running from 3-26 June 2022
41 premieres, a celebration of the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme at 50, plus Benedetti, Simpson, Clare Hammond & Víkingur Ólafsson.