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An imaginative melding of a 1710 Handel cantata and a 1751 oratorio results in a nifty two-act opera-ballet - and a dazzling cornucopia of images ...

Dating from 2000 to 2023, referencing folk dance, spirituals and house music and including works for voices, there's real of variety and quality here ...

Dvoák's Quintet No 2 in A major is full of charm, while Florence Price's Piano Quintet in A minor is fleet of foot; this dream-team of chamber music makes them an excellent match ...

Michael Zev Gordon's new piece about his Polish Jewish ancestors, for two narrators, a baritone and string orchestra, was performed with nuance, solemnity and intensity ...

The Solisten's historically informed style played on modern instruments, with Kapelis's crisp piano articulation, made for a musical equivalent of Bridgerton ...

The classical music venue in London has raised £10m to become financially self-sufficient and will voluntarily withdraw from Arts Council England's portfolio ...

The pianist captured the vast dynamic contrasts of Schubert's sonatas; and her fine playing of William Byrd was a refreshing foil foil ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra played with fearlessness, curiosity and style in music by Bach, Shostakovich and, most poignantly, Sofia Gubaidulina, who died earlier this month ...