Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAskonas Holt @askonasholt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sir George Benjamin, Iestyn Davies and @ianbostridge.bsky.social join forces with @fretwork.bsky.social in their 40th anniversary concert at @wigmore-hall.org.uk. Full details here: buff.ly/u1O0WSf 013
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 27/09/2026Britten’s WAR REQUIEM premiered in 1962, in a cathedral bombed to bits in 1940—amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Eichmann trial and the Berlin Wall. Ian Bostridge on the history wrapped up in a masterpiece: 195
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialmusicOMH @musicomh.com · 20/09/2026Autumn classical music in Yorkshire 2026 preview – Opera North, Ian Bostridge, Hugh Cutting with a season to savour From Beverley Minster to Ripon Cathedral and Leeds Grand Theatre – our guide to the best classical music and opera across Yorkshire this seasonmusicomh.comAutumn classical music in Yorkshire 2026 preview – Opera North, Ian Bostridge, Hugh Cutting with a season to savourFrom Beverley Minster to Ripon Cathedral and Leeds Grand Theatre – our guide to the best classical music and opera across Yorkshire this season 022
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 21/09/2026In 1961, two scandalous books upended everything Europe thought it knew about the two world wars. Ian Bostridge on Fritz Fischer, AJP Taylor and how we find “truth” in history:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: War aimsReading various books on the Second World War has made me wonder: how do we determine historical truth? 193
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialWorld Concert Hall @wconcerthall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Right now, #Britten's 'War Requiem' with Jensen, Iversen and Bostridge from #Copenhagen www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wchworldconcerthall.comBritten's 'War Requiem' with Jensen, Iversen and Bostridge from Copenhagen - Schedule 21/9/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comBritten's 'War Requiem' is a non-liturgical setting of the Requiem composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962. It was performed for the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which… 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 11/09/2026Britten’s WAR REQUIEM premiered in 1962, in a cathedral bombed to bits in 1940—amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Eichmann trial and the Berlin Wall. Ian Bostridge on the history wrapped up in a masterpiece:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: War aimsReading various books on the Second World War has made me wonder: how do we determine historical truth? 033
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialJ.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026yes....YESSS.....techspot.comCD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growingNews of the latest increase in physical media sales comes from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It revealed that recorded music revenues for H1 2026... 20052831222
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 06/09/2026In 1961, two scandalous books upended everything Europe thought it knew about the two world wars. Ian Bostridge on Fritz Fischer, AJP Taylor and how we find “truth” in history:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: War aimsReading various books on the Second World War has made me wonder: how do we determine historical truth? 012
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialOrdo Fraterna Fibonacci @ordofibonacci.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Tenor Ian Bostridge Joins Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques For a Night of Baroque Music Total Baroque youtu.be/l55a0CiO50g?...youtu.beTenor Ian Bostridge Joins Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques For a Night of Baroque MusicYouTube video by Total Baroque 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 29/08/2026“If the AI bros really think they are creating an existential threat, why are they so gaudily gung-ho for annihilation? The share price, silly.” In his latest Classical Notes column, Ian Bostridge takes on the age of the algorithm:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Humanity’s sakeIn the age of AI, the arts are more important than ever. They teach us what is it to be a human 053
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialwww.classicalsource.com @classicalsource.com · 25/08/2026Olli Mustonen is perhaps best known as a pianist, but he also has a considerable body of compositions to his name. The two works on this album date from 2016 and 2006. #cdreview www.classicalsource.com/cd/heavenly… 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 22/08/2026“If the AI bros really think they are creating an existential threat, why are they so gaudily gung-ho for annihilation? The share price, silly.” In his latest Classical Notes column, Ian Bostridge takes on the age of the algorithm:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Humanity’s sakeIn the age of AI, the arts are more important than ever. They teach us what is it to be a human 162
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Work by Laura Vazquez, Eduardo Halfon, Ian Bostridge, and more writers is on Mark Haber’s TBR.buff.lyThe Annotated Nightstand: What Mark Haber is Reading Now, and NextMark Haber’s Ada begins largely how it ends (no spoilers): Gerard Desacroux IV, the impish, recently-made-ruler of a small fiefdom in a region—Saxony or Bavaria, he doesn’t know—paces endlessly (“t… 042
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAskonas Holt @askonasholt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Ian Bostridge returns to Istanbul Music Festival as part of their Festival Encounter series. Full details here: buff.ly/dxpoGmw 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13/06/2026“After 30 years of professional singing, I still have a teacher.” In his latest Classical Notes, Ian Bostridge explains why musicians have to keep on learning:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Learning to singPeople are often surprised to learn that I still have a singing teacher—but there are always new sounds and approaches to discover 012
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialGeorgia Straight RSS Feed (Unofficial) @georgiastrt-rss-un.yvr.whims.io · 17/05/2026Ian Bostridge and Wenwen Du put on a triumphant performance at the Playhousestraight.comIan Bostridge and Wenwen Du put on a triumphant performance at the PlayhouseThe duo came together once again for a memorable performance in Vancouver. 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 16/05/2026Classical Notes: Ian Bostridge on Hans Werner Henze at 100—the composer he once feared as a Bond villain modernist, who turned out to be “always a Romantic, with an urbane playfulness”prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Difficult, but easyThe music of Hans Werner Henze is notoriously tricky. But it was a pleasure to grapple with it—and to know the man himself 022
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 09/05/2026Classical Notes: Ian Bostridge on Hans Werner Henze at 100—the composer he once feared as a Bond villain modernist, who turned out to be “always a Romantic, with an urbane playfulness”prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Difficult, but easyThe music of Hans Werner Henze is notoriously tricky. But it was a pleasure to grapple with it—and to know the man himself 021
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAskonas Holt @askonasholt.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Ian Bostridge embarks on Canadian recital and masterclass tour. More details here: buff.ly/GlDLuTK 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialWorld Concert Hall @wconcerthall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Today, #Bach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from #Kraków www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wchworldconcerthall.comBach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from Kraków - Schedule 03/4/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comMisteria Paschalia Festival. Bach's 'St. John Passion' is a sacred oratorio from the Passions. The structure of the work falls in two halves, intended to flank a sermon. The anonymous libretto draws… 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialWorld Concert Hall @wconcerthall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026In 20 minutes, #Bach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from #Kraków www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wchworldconcerthall.comBach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from Kraków - Schedule 03/4/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comMisteria Paschalia Festival. Bach's 'St. John Passion' is a sacred oratorio from the Passions. The structure of the work falls in two halves, intended to flank a sermon. The anonymous libretto draws… 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialWorld Concert Hall @wconcerthall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Right now, #Bach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from #Kraków www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/... #wchworldconcerthall.comBach's 'St. John Passion' with Amo, Mead, Bostridge, Atkinson, Hallam & Butryn from Kraków - Schedule 03/4/2026 - www.worldconcerthall.comMisteria Paschalia Festival. Bach's 'St. John Passion' is a sacred oratorio from the Passions. The structure of the work falls in two halves, intended to flank a sermon. The anonymous libretto draws o... 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 03/04/2026Gordon Brown said the Arctic Monkeys woke him up in the morning. For our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, it was Vivaldi’s L’Estro Armonico—sparking a friendship with violinist Fabio Biondi that has since taken him from Parma to Moscow to Vienna.prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: Expect the unexpectedA working partnership with Fabio Biondi has taken me—and my mind—to some wonderful places 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialJohn Earls @johnearls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Lovely lunchtime concert by lan Bostridge (tenor) and Sir Antonio Pappano (piano) at LSO St Luke’s. Programme of Beethoven, Britten and Schubert (with a Brahms encore). Great combination of artists and songs. 111
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13/03/2026Our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, marks the 400th anniversary of John Downland’s death. The English composer was—is—one of the greats. But was he also a spy? A Catholic informer? An agent provocateur at Elizabeth I’s court?prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: A trip to DowlandThe composer wasn’t just an English great—but a European one 032
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialBBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 24/03/2026BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week: Thomas Adès Now Playing Thomas Adès, Ian Bostridge, Philip Langridge, Donald Kaasch, Jonathan Summers, Graeme Denby, Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Thomas Adès The Tempest, Act 2, Sc 2: Friends don't fear 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialBBC Radio 3 Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social · 25/03/2026BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week: Thomas Adès Now Playing Thomas Adès, Ian Bostridge, Cyndia Sieden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Thomas Adès The Tempest, Act 3, Sc 5: Who was here 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAdrian Ainsworth @adrianspecs.bsky.social · 11/03/2026🖼️🤔👓 Treated to a restorative wallow in Dowland’s melancholy at Milton Court last week courtesy of Fretwork, featuring Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny. More enthusiasm in my write-up for ArtMuseLondon here… artmuselondon.com/2026/03/10/t...artmuselondon.comTracks of my tears: Fretwork with Ian Bostridge & Elizabeth Kenny, ‘John Dowland’s Lachrimaes’, Milton Court, London2026 marks the 400th anniversary of John Dowland’s death. Although it’s an appropriately melancholy milestone, once can only rejoice if it prompts more beautiful concerts like this one throughout t… 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialBard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Ian Bostridge, the musical scholar who gave the last Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities at Bard, wrote about Bard’s excellence and commitment to the liberal arts for Prospect magazine. At Bard, “there are no compromises on the centrality of the humanities to a proper education,” he writes.prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: More light, more humanityAnd so, as I promised in my last column, to America. First to the Hudson Valley, that second Eden north of New York City, still garlanded with autumnal leaves. I hadn’t come to sing, but to give… 021
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23/11/2025“The boughs have withered because I have told them my dreams.” Ian Bostridge whispered Yeats’s desolate words in his latest performance of Peter Warlock’s THE CURLEW… www.prospectmagazine... 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 20/11/2025Three different programmes, three different countries, and Vaughan Williams’s “undiscovered masterpiece” ALONG THE FIELD… Our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, had a busy October: www.prospectmagazine... 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialChristophe Vetter 🎼🎭🎹 in Lille, France @christophelille.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Paris, Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet 20.11.2025 Schubert: WINTEREISE in a production by Deborah Warner with Ian Bostridge piano: Julius Drake #operalover #opera #liederabend #winterreise #schubert #ianbostridge #juliusdrake #deborahwarner #theatredelathenee 021
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAskonas Holt @askonasholt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Deborah Warner, Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake join forces for a revival of Deborah's staging of Schubert’s Winterreise at the Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet. Read the full story here: buff.ly/yh7jzZt 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialDiario de Mallorca @diariodemallorca.es · 13/11/2025Ian Bostridge, tenor inglés: «El hecho de cantar es una aventura intelectual»diariodemallorca.esIan Bostridge, tenor inglés: «El hecho de cantar es una aventura intelectual» 001
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13/11/2025Three different programmes, three different countries, and Vaughan Williams’s “undiscovered masterpiece” ALONG THE FIELD… Our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, had a busy October: www.prospectmagazine... 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAcantilado @acantiladoeditor.bsky.social · 10/11/2025«Ian Bostridge, tras su magnífico estudio sobre el "Viaje de invierno" de Schubert, despliega ahora su penetrante mirada sobre obras de Schumann, Britten, Ravel, Janácek… Exquisitez muy documentada». Arturo Reverter, @elcultural.com ℹ️«Pensar y cantar»: www.acantilado.es/catalogo/pen... 0114
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialDiario de Mallorca @diariodemallorca.es · 10/11/2025Ian Bostridge, tenor inglés: «El hecho de cantar es una aventura intelectual»diariodemallorca.esIan Bostridge, tenor inglés: «El hecho de cantar es una aventura intelectual» 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 26/10/2025“My body is still encoded with the inertial sensations of predatory circlings and swift descents downstage. My mind still bears the grooves.” Ian Bostridge on returning to THE TURN OF THE SCREW—and to Rome—in his latest Classical Notes:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: The ghosts of RomeReturning to Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’, in Italy’s capital, is its own uncanny experience 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialJon Martin Kitchen @kitchen5203.bsky.social · 21/10/2025English Tenor Ian Bostridge recorded this with Italian Pianist Antonio Pappano in 2006. "Mörike-Lieder, No. 29: An den Schlaf" by Hugo Wolf Ian Bostridge (Tenor) Antonio Pappano (Piano) youtu.be/4o4Msl43VSM?...youtu.beMörike-Lieder: No. 29, An den SchlafYouTube video by Ian Bostridge - Topic 111
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 19/10/2025“My body is still encoded with the inertial sensations of predatory circlings and swift descents downstage. My mind still bears the grooves.” Ian Bostridge on returning to THE TURN OF THE SCREW—and to Rome—in his latest Classical Notes:prospectmagazine.co.ukClassical notes: The ghosts of RomeReturning to Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’, in Italy’s capital, is its own uncanny experience 042
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialAcantilado @acantiladoeditor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Ian Bostridge es uno de los principales tenores contemporáneos, cuyas interpretaciones y recitales alrededor del mundo le han merecido numerosos galardones. Acantilado ha publicado «"Viaje de invierno" de Schubert» y el reciente «Pensar y cantar». ℹ️ www.acantilado.es/persona/ian-... 064
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialOperaLab, by Gilles Denizot @operalab.studio · 13/10/2025Live from Finestres Llibreria #Barcelona: Tenor & Writer Ian Bostridge during a talk, ahead of a recital tomorrow 012
ianbostridge.bsky.social @ianbostridge.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...you.38degrees.org.ukPut Public Ownership of Water Back on the TablePrivatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe... 030
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialTrouw @trouw.nl · 29/03/2025Sterduo Mehldau en Bostridge pakt uit met liederen over de grenzen van seksuele vrijheid trouw.nlSterduo Mehldau en Bostridge pakt uit met liederen over de grenzen van seksuele vrijheidThe Folly of Desire Ian Bostridge + Brad Mehldau Muziegebouw aan het IJ ★★★ 011
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialResMusica @resmusica.bsky.social · 29/01/2025La majesté de Ian Bostridge dans Schumann à l’Athénée, accompagné par #PiotrAnderszewski #RobertSchumann #lieder #tenor www.resmusica.com/2025/01/29/l... 062
Reposted by @ianbostridge.bsky.socialRoyal Philharmonic Society @royalphilsoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Britten's church parable Curlew River came to the atmospheric setting of Blythburgh Church for the Aldeburgh Festival with exemplary direction. Audiences were transfixed by the remarkable cast, powerfully led by tenor Ian Bostridge. #RPSAwards 101
