Father Willis, European Union Chamber Orchestra EuropeanUnionChamberOrchestra, Goldberg Variations: King's Lynn Festival King's Lynn Festival's Early Music Day. My preview:
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The Ballad of the Nipple: Paul Alan Barker's seven melodramas for piano. My spotlight:
planethugill.com/2024/05/the-ba… Composers Edition

Out of the Shadows: nice to see our ad in the May edition of Brixton Bugle Brixton Blog, my local newspaper. Come and see us 16 June at 96 Festival at @omnibustheatre, Clapham.
omnibus-clapham.org/out-of-the-sha… #96FEST2024 #Brixton #Brixton Bugle #Brixton Life #Clapham

'𝘈 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥' read Robert Hugill's review of The Dragon of Wantley from New Sussex Opera

Performance Blackheath Halls this weekend, Sun 5 May bit.ly/44uYpYT

Now here's a nice birthday present!!

Queen Mary II's birthday brings together the choirs of two institution she was instrumental in founding, mixing professionals with students, Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir & The Chelsea Pensioners RH Chapel Choir, Will Vann & Ralph Allwood. My concert review
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Percussion concertos, a tabla master, Nordic Music Days & young people to the fore: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2024/25 season, Ryan Wigglesworth's third as chief conductor. My preview:
planethugill.com/2024/05/bbc-sc… City Halls Glasgow

It's a month until our Schütz concert in Hampstead on May 30th with TheBrookStreetBand. Come and hear this incredible music, recently described as 'life-affirming' by Robert Hugill. Tickets on sale now:

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14 premieres, music in iconic spaces, the Cries of London: Spitalfields Music Festival 2024. My preview:
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Spitalfields Music

Robert Hugill New Sussex Opera Theatre Royal Winchester Toby Purser So glad you enjoyed it. We in the chorus love performing it. Thank you for the perceptive and informative review.

The meaning of music in a terrifying world: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group to premiere Joe Cutler Joe Cutler & Max Hoehn's opera Sonata for Broken Fingers with release on Birmingham Record Company planned. My preview:
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Updated to the 1980s miners' strike, New Sussex Opera's production of Lampe's The Dragon of Wantley mixes political satire, period style & sheer enjoyment at Theatre Royal Winchester director Paul Higgins, conductor Toby Purser My opera review:
planethugill.com/2024/04/a-negl…

Near ideal performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto plus a Lobesgesang that never compromised the work's idiosyncrasy yet brought out its rich detail & emotionalism, from Andras Schiff, OAE, Alina Ibragimova at Southbank Centre. My review:
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Thank you Robert!

A bit topsy turvey: besides singing larger roles, Brindley Sherratt is doing more recitala & has released his debut recital disc, Fear No More, with Julius Drake on DELPHIAN. My interview:
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Which is why I have my Schütz alarm.
🚨 #SCHÜTZ 🚨

The BBC Proms are on us again: David Pickard says farewell with 90 concerts across the UK including Bizet's Carmen, Julius Eastman's Symphony No. 2, Suk's Asrael Symphony and much more. My preview:
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Oh lovely, it’s that time of the year where a bunch of people who have never been to a single prom in their life start to lose their mind over Rule Britannia… *that’s the sound of my brain seeping out of my ears … again….