The combination of the six singers of The Gesualdo Six with director Bill Barclay’s take on the scandalous life of the composer Carlo Gesualdo is a remarkable one, using sublime music juxtaposed with ...

Simon Rattle and the LSO deliver a taut account of Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair, marked by gripping clarity and nervous ...

While West Green House Opera may operate on a smaller scale than Glyndebourne, Garsington or the Granges, it actually offers ...

Roderick Williams is counted (in the world of ‘classical’ music, at any rate) as a national treasure, and these days we’re ...

Marking 500 years of their existence, the choir present a programme of seasonal music by composers associated with the College founded by Cardinal Wolsey. “…the triple-time lilt to ‘et expecto’ in the ...

Putting aside elves on shelves, Rudolph, Santa’s unhealthy diet and other 20 th century customs, Christmas has long had folklore and traditions associated with it that, while not found in the biblical ...

There’s nothing like an invigorating blast of trumpets and glory to start the final countdown to Christmas, and, performing true to form on Friday evening, the early-music ensemble Vox Luminis, under ...

The Gesualdo Six’s Advent calendar this year consists of five dates in Clervaux, Helsinki, London, Cambridge and Stroud; Wednesday evening saw them at Smith Square for the second of these. While many ...