A trip to Austria’s Schubertiade put the question into stark relief. Are they a form of conservation? Or can they aspire to new creation?

Connolly and Middleton deliver a deeply personal recital, with a David Matthews premiere honouring outgoing chair Kathleen Evans

2026 marks Wigmore Hall’s 125th anniversary, and the venue has been celebrating its birth year in style, with a fortnight-long festival of over 20 concerts. This jewel among them took us back to wh…

Soprano Louise Alder, baritone Huw Montague Rendall and pianist Joseph Middleton delight with Purcell, Britten, Schumann, Strauss, Mozart and others at the Howard Assembly Room in Leeds

The musician, 80, tells Richard Morrison about his classical passions, his rock’n’roll days — and whether the band could have an Abba-style comeback

Miah Persson soprano; Joseph Middleton piano Grieg, Nystroem, Rangström and Strauss

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Dame Sarah Connolly en Joseph Middleton presenteren een rijk programma met kunstliederen van verschillende componisten. Het recital begint met Ernest Chaussons “Poeme de l’amour et de la mer”, dat bijna tien jaar componeren in beslag nam en duidelijk de invloed van Richard Wagner op de jongere componist laat zien. Samuel Barbers “Three Songs”, gecomponeerd in […] Het bericht The World feels dusty verscheen eerst op Klassiek-Centraal.be.

This year's East Neuk Festival features all three of Schubert's song cycles, but this Winterreise was the one that gripped the heart.

The recording can be found on their new album of Four Seasons

Roderick Williams, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton perform at Malvern Concert Club 23rd February 2025

Huw Montague Rendall did not disappoint after stepping in for an ailing Ian Bostridge