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Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: the latest classical releases

Sun 11 Jan 2026

Home listening: the latest classical releases
Karl Fallon
Jamie Wilkins is not your normal composer

Sun 11 Jan 2026

Jamie Wilkins is not your normal composer
Fiona Maddocks
Alfred Brendel: a Musical Celebration – a night to remember

Fri 9 Jan 2026

Alfred Brendel: a Musical Celebration – a night to remember
Fiona Maddocks
The best of classical in 2026

Thu 1 Jan 2026

The best of classical in 2026
Fiona Maddocks
The best classical of 2025

Thu 25 Dec 2025

The best classical of 2025
Stephen Pritchard
Inside the Beethovenhalle Bonn’s £200m renovation

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Inside the Beethovenhalle Bonn’s £200m renovation
Fiona Maddocks
A memorable Messiah, with King Charles in the house

Sun 21 Dec 2025

A memorable Messiah, with King Charles in the house
Fiona Maddocks
The Kurt Cobain opera is hallucinogenic

Sat 13 Dec 2025

The Kurt Cobain opera is hallucinogenic
Fiona Maddocks
The RCM’s Cunning Little Vixen is beguiling

Tue 9 Dec 2025

The RCM’s Cunning Little Vixen is beguiling
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: the best Christmas classical releases

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Home listening: the best Christmas classical releases
Vanessa Thorpe
‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years

Sat 6 Dec 2025

‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years
Fiona Maddocks
Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to ENO

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to ENO
Fiona Maddocks
Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to ENO

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Vive la farce: Handel’s Partenope returns to ENO
Stephen Pritchard
A lament for lost birds

Sun 23 Nov 2025

A lament for lost birds
Stephen Pritchard
Cross-Channel harmony at the London Festival of Baroque Music

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Cross-Channel harmony at the London Festival of Baroque Music
Fiona Maddocks
A radical reworking of The Makropulos Case

Sat 8 Nov 2025

A radical reworking of The Makropulos Case
Fiona Maddocks
Oxford International Song festival hits a note of radicalism

Thu 30 Oct 2025

Oxford International Song festival hits a note of radicalism
Fiona Maddocks
Wexford festival’s operatic rarities

Fri 24 Oct 2025

Wexford festival’s operatic rarities
Kenan Malik
Art isn’t too complex for the working class – that’s elitism

Sun 12 Oct 2025

Art isn’t too complex for the working class – that’s elitism
Fiona Maddocks
Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Fiona Maddocks
Glyndebourne’s triumphant opening weekend

Sat 24 May 2025

Glyndebourne’s triumphant opening weekend

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