The latest news on performances of Classical Music in UK / West End.
Royal Opera House Orchestra to Launch Overture Mentorship Programme for Young Musicians
by Stephi Wild - June 09, 2026
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House has opened applications for Overture, its year-long mentorship programme for musicians aged 18-25 from underrepresented groups, run in collaboration with Black Lives in Music and the National Open Youth Orchestra....
West End Singer Kelly Glyptis to Join Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra for Independence Day Concert
by A.A. Cristi - June 02, 2026
Kelly Glyptis, known for her roles in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA West End and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF on Broadway, will perform with the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra at Medina Theatre in a U.S. Independence Day celebration....
ATTACK ON TITAN: SYMPHONY FROM PARADIS Will Present World Premiere at Royal Albert Hall
by A.A. Cristi - April 27, 2026
ATTACK ON TITAN: SYMPHONY FROM PARADIS will make its world premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performing newly created symphonic arrangements by the anime's original composers....
FANTASIA ORCHESTRA Will Return to BBC Proms for Tenth Anniversary With BBC Singers
by Stephi Wild - April 22, 2026
Fantasia Orchestra will present two BBC Proms performances at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the BBC Singers, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and the world premiere of WOOD PIGEON with Héloïse Werner....
Alan Menken, James Bond and American Classics Included in BBC Proms 2026 Line-Up
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 21, 2026
The BBC Proms returns in summer 2026, presenting eight weeks of world-class music from an array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from across the UK and around the world....
The Southbank Centre Reveals Classical Music Autumn/Winter 2026/27 Season
by Stephi Wild - April 20, 2026
Southbank Centre's Classical Music Autumn/Winter season will open and close with 90th birthday celebrations for minimalist icons Steve Reich and Philip Glass, including the UK premiere of Glass's 15th Symphony....
WICKED, DEATH BECOMES HER, GYPSY & More Win 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - April 14, 2026
The winners of the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards have been revealed, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year....
Final Chance to Vote For BroadwayWorld's 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - April 02, 2026
This is the final chance to vote the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year. Voting is open through Friday, April 3rd, 2026....
Voting Open For BroadwayWorld's 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - March 05, 2026
Voting is now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year. Voting is open through Friday, April 3rd, 2026....
Final Chance To Submit Nominations For BroadwayWorld's 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - February 23, 2026
This is the final chance to submi nominations for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year. ...
Review: SAUL at LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL, Sinfonia Smith Square
by Louise Penn - February 19, 2026
Opening the London Handel Fetsival, this flawless presentation of Saul was a celebration of Handel that set the tone of the performances to follow. The acoustics in the hall were exceptional, with clear enunciation throughout and a sense of occasion....
Review: CLASSICAL MIXTAPE: A LIVE TAKEOVER, Southbank Centre
by Louise Penn - February 06, 2026
Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover is part of the Southbank Centre's 75th anniversary programme. Aimed at the under-30s audience, who are underrepresented at the venue, the event offered a casual, relaxed and social approach to classical music. However, a brilliant concept sadly fell short in organ...
Submit Nominations For BroadwayWorld's 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - January 29, 2026
BroadwayWorld is now accepting nominations for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year. Nominations close February 28th, 2026....
Guest Blog: James Pearson and Lizzie Ball on Creating RONNIE SCOTT'S CLASSICAL SERIES at The New 'Upstairs at Ronnie’s'
by Guest Author - January 26, 2026
It’s been an interesting process creating the very first weekly classical concert series at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club together with James Pearson. We’ve developed several entirely new programmes, particularly for one of our programming strands, Close Up Classical. A great deal of time is curren...
Nominations Open For BroadwayWorld's 2025 Stage Recording Awards
by Team BWW - January 14, 2026
BroadwayWorld is now accepting nominations for the BroadwayWorld Stage Recording Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatrical and performance-based recordings released during the 2025 calendar year....
Guest Blog: 'It is No Ordinary Opera': Glyndebourne Chorus Member Andrew Davies on Dedication, Commitment and Talent
by Guest Author - November 19, 2025
La bohème. Glyndebourne. Three trumpeters blare out a fanfare as the chorus pours onto stage, ready to deliver the myriad vocal interjections which mark out the beginning of Act 2. But Glyndebourne is No Ordinary Opera, and this is no ordinary scene. On a single musical cue, thirty-six choristers, ...
The London Handel Festival Sets Dates For 2026 Event
by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2025
The London Handel Festival has announced its 2026 Festival, From Heavenly Harmony, a five-week celebration of Handel’s music beginning in February. Learn more here!...
Brightdog Theatre to Present AS THE SNOW FALLS At Canal Café Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - September 29, 2025
BrightDog Theatre brings its provocative new comedy As the Snow Falls to Canal Café Theatre for a strictly limited run this October. Written and directed by Aidan McConville and Tom Messmer....
Review: BBC PROMS: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2025, Royal Albert Hall
by Kat Mokrynski - September 15, 2025
After 86 concerts spanning over the past eight weeks, the 130th season of the Proms has come to a close, ending with the iconic Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, which has hosted over 3,000 musicians these past few months. This performance brings together the BBC Singers, BBC Symphon...
Review: BBC PROMS: GOLDA SCHULTZ SINGS GERSHWIN AND BERNSTEIN, Royal Albert Hall
by Aliya Al-Hassan - September 08, 2025
South African soprano Golda Schultz is always a treat to hear; with honeyed tones, rich storytelling and nimble versatility, the programme at Saturday's prom was an excellent vehicle to show off her considerable skills....
Review: BBC PROMS: CLASSIC THRILLER SOUNDTRACKS, Royal Albert Hall
by Cheryl Markosky - September 06, 2025
'Who doesn't check twice behind the shower curtain now?' asks presenter Edith Bowman, kicking off a spinetingling evening of thriller film soundtracks from the excellent BBC Concert Orchestra, under the assured direction of American conductor Edwin Outwater at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall....
Review: THE LSO AT BOLD TENDENCIES, Peckham
by Matthew Paluch - September 01, 2025
Experiencing art in a former car park is never going to get old - cold perhaps - so I was glad to return to Bold Tendencies to sample their 2025 season titled Déjà vu. ...
Review: BBC PROMS: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO FROM GLYNDEBOURNE, Royal Albert Hall
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 28, 2025
Mozart's beloved comedy The Marriage of Figaro opened Glyndebourne's very first Festival in 1934 and is the renowned opera house's most performed work. No sooner has the production closed in Sussex, it reappeared in London at the BBC Proms for a super semi-staged version....
Speranza Scappucci Makes Debut As Principal Guest Conductor In Verdi’s THE SICILIAN VESPERS
by A.A. Cristi - August 26, 2025
Speranza Scappucci will make her debut as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera with Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers, opening on the Main Stage September 19 and running through October 6, 2025. ...
Review: BBC PROMS: MÄKELÄ CONDUCTS MOZART, PROKOFIEV & BARTÓK, Royal Albert Hall
by Louise Penn - August 26, 2025
This programme of music seems to thrive on themes of togetherness, resilience, and support that may have also influenced the Russian composer at the mid-point of his life, the Hungarian maestro nearing the end of his, and even the bright young man setting out to shake us the music scene in Europe to...
Review: BBC PROMS, ANOUSHKA SHANKAR-'CHAPTERS', Royal Albert Hall
by Aliya Al-Hassan - August 13, 2025
It's 20 years since Anoushka Shankar made her Proms debut, along with her father Ravi Shakar. Since then she has eclipsed even his enduring reputation as a world-renowned sitarist. Now a multi-Grammy-nominated artist, a sitar virtuoso and prolific composer, Shankar makes a triumphant return to the ...
Review: BBC PROMS: BEETHOVEN AND BARTOK FROM BUDAPEST, Royal Albert Hall
by Louise Penn - August 07, 2025
Bringing Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the BBC Proms, last night’s concert offered a programme of Beethoven’s 'Symphony No. 7 in A major' alongside Bartok’s dark one-act opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. ...
Review: BEETHOVEN: I SHALL HEAR IN HEAVEN, Opera Holland Park
by Clementine Scott - August 07, 2025
This is a great opportunity to hear the breadth of Beethoven’s work performed in a novel way, and the drama does have its flashes of brilliance. In order to preserve these fleeting moments of conviction, though, Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven needs to move away from tired biographical tropes an...
Review: BBC PROMS: BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH, Royal Albert Hall
by Michael Higgs - July 26, 2025
A program featuring one of the world's most beloved symphonies, a stunning piano concerto allowing pianist Alexandre Kantorow to show off his prowess, and a fascinating contemporary piece by Scottish composer Jay Capperauld, the 10th BBC Prom 2025 marks a triumph for conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and...
Review: BBC PROMS: MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, Royal Albert Hall
by Franco Milazzo - July 25, 2025
From the moment the first note rang out, this was no ordinary Proms night. Four wildly different pieces, one restless thread: mischief. Mendelssohn is the marquee name here but really this was a foray into the world of fairytale birds, lyrical longing, mythological monkeys and death-defying prankste...
Review: BBC PROMS: VIVALDI AND BACH, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - July 21, 2025
Once Proms season comes around, there aren’t many better places to be on a Sunday morning than at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a return to more traditional Proms fare this time, with a trip to the 17th and 18th centuries for a selection of mostly Vivaldi and Bach pieces - although the programme a...
Review: BBC PROMS: FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2025, Royal Albert Hall
by Josh Maughan - July 19, 2025
As classical performance continues to wrestle with relevance, accessibility and representation, the Proms are under pressure to lead this change. This opening night offered progress in places, but also showed how much further there is to go....
The BBC Proms Reveals Lineup For 2025 Edition
by Stephi Wild - April 24, 2025
The BBC Proms has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition. The BBC Proms will present an eight-week celebration of music featuring over 3,000 artists, the first overnight Prom in almost half a century and more than 80 solo debuts....
Review: LSO: MACMILLAN AND SHOSTAKOVICH 12, Barbican Theatre
by Louise Penn - April 04, 2025
Dominated by a new James MacMillan work, and a lively couple of pieces by Shostakovich reflecting on the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, this concert from the LSO, with their Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and violinist Nicola Benedetti, offered a lively evening of music. Full-blo...
London Philharmonic Orchestra Appoints Jesús Herrera as Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild - March 31, 2025
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the appointment of Spanish-born Jesús Herrera to the role of Artistic Director from June 2025. Learn more here!...
Review: LSO - WALKER, BERNSTEIN AND WALTON, Barbican
by Louise Penn - February 07, 2025
An evening of expressive and emotional music from three great modernist composers is hard to fault as the LSO perform pieces by Walker, Bernstein, and Walton in a powerful Anglo-American programme....
Review: SLÄPSTICK: SCHËRZO, Wilton's Music Hall
by Michael Higgs - October 10, 2024
A brilliant comedy hit that fuses music, physical theatre, and that type of really-clever-yet-really-dumb humour that works for most audiences, it’s a show that keeps the audience laughing at every turn....
Review: SZYMANOWSKI, CHOPIN & MAHLER, Barbican Centre
by Michael Higgs - September 24, 2024
Pappano is top of his game as he once again proves he is a pristine fit as Chief Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. His leadership ties the entire evening together so seamlessly that it’s hardly surprising he earns a standing ovation....
Review: GUSTAV MAHLER'S SYMPHONY NO 2 'RESURRECTION', Bold Tendencies
by Matthew Paluch - September 16, 2024
The Bold Tendencies Communion season came to an end last night, and it didn't go quietly. With 119 musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra, 100 members of the Philharmonia Chorus and two soloists sopranos, conductor Nefeli Chadouli led the vast troupe in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 2 'Resurrection�...
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 70 – PROKOFIEV'S ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Albert Hall
by Debbie Gilpin - September 13, 2024
Another helping of Shakespeare, in this otherwise rather Eastern European-themed Prom. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales was guided through the evening’s events by Principal Guest Conductor Jaime Martín, who seemed to relish every moment of his appearance on the Royal Albert Hall stage, and br...