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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny review – English National Opera’s production makes its point, then makes it again | Rosie Aldridge and Simon O’Neill shine, and André de Ridder conducts superbly, but Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s satire outstays its welcome at the Coliseum
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny review – English National Opera’s production makes its point, then makes it again
Rosie Aldridge and Simon O’Neill shine, and André de Ridder conducts superbly, but Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s satire outstays its welcome at the Coliseum
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February 17, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Preview – Henley Festival 2026 | A brief tour of the line-up for this year’s “only black-tie music and arts festival”
Preview – Henley Festival 2026
A brief tour of the line-up for this year’s “only black-tie music and arts festival”
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February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Concerto Italiano review – Monteverdi’s “That’s Amore” at Wigmore Hall | Rinaldo Alessandrini directs Concerto Italiano in a selection of Monteverdi’s madrigals and canti amorosi for a historically highbrow celebration of St Valentine’s Day
Concerto Italiano review – Monteverdi’s “That’s Amore” at Wigmore Hall
Rinaldo Alessandrini directs Concerto Italiano in a selection of Monteverdi’s madrigals and canti amorosi for a historically highbrow celebration of St Valentine’s Day
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February 16, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Peter Grimes review – apprenticeship can be a dangerous occupation | Opera North brings the fishing community of The Borough to Leeds in Benjamin Britten's tragic tale
Peter Grimes review – apprenticeship can be a dangerous occupation
Opera North brings the fishing community of The Borough to Leeds in Benjamin Britten's tragic tale
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February 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Charli XCX - Wuthering Heights | Thrillingly modern while staying true to its source material, the soundtrack to Emerald Fennell's Brontë adaptation is a huge about-turn from Brat
Charli XCX – Wuthering Heights
Thrillingly modern while staying true to its source material, the soundtrack to Emerald Fennell's Brontë adaptation is a huge about-turn from Brat
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February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Congratulations - Join Hands | This Brighton quartet's debut feels like a big day-glo shot of adrenaline
Congratulations – Join Hands
This Brighton quartet's debut feels like a big day-glo shot of adrenaline
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February 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Cosi fan tutte review – all the fun of the fair at English National Opera | Lucy Crowe delivers a peerless Fiordiligi while Dinis Sousa conducts a fizzing account of Mozart’s opera about fidelity at the Coliseum
Così fan tutte review – all the fun of the fair at English National Opera
Lucy Crowe delivers a peerless Fiordiligi while Dinis Sousa conducts a fizzing account of Mozart’s opera about fidelity at the Coliseum
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February 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Howling Bells – Strange Life

Reuniting for the first time in over a decade, the Australian trio's sound still packs a punch Twelve years have passed since we heard from Howling Bells – a lifetime in pop music, let alone in the world. The band, having toured themselves into the ground, took a…
Howling Bells – Strange Life
Reuniting for the first time in over a decade, the Australian trio's sound still packs a punch Twelve years have passed since we heard from Howling Bells – a lifetime in pop music, let alone in the world. The band, having toured themselves into the ground, took a self-enforced break after the release of Heartstrings in 2014, and this marks their first music together since that decision. Singer Juanita Stein has been busy in the interim, releasing four well-received solo albums, and the reunion with brother Joel (guitar) and fellow founding member Glenn Moule (drums) appears to have been an easy one.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern | The First Lady of Philly soul sounds totally refreshed by her decade-plus hiatus
Jill Scott – To Whom This May Concern
The First Lady of Philly soul sounds totally refreshed by her decade-plus hiatus
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February 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The Molotovs - Wasted On Youth | The Cartlidge siblings replicate the style, sounds, lyrical conceits and feel of early punk and new wave bands on their debut. And for the most part, they’re successful
The Molotovs – Wasted On Youth
The Cartlidge siblings replicate the style, sounds, lyrical conceits and feel of early punk and new wave bands on their debut. And for the most part, they’re successful
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February 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Batashvili & Bartlett review – music for piano duet at Wigmore Hall | On a piano-packed stage, Mariam Batsashvili and Martin James Bartlett play music for four hands by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Tailleferre and Lutosławski
Batashvili & Bartlett review – music for piano duet at Wigmore Hall
On a piano-packed stage, Mariam Batsashvili and Martin James Bartlett play music for four hands by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Tailleferre and Lutosławski
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February 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Mandy, Indiana - URGH | The intensity is turned up to 10 on this exhilarating, almighty jab to the senses
Mandy, Indiana – URGH
The intensity is turned up to 10 on this exhilarating, almighty jab to the senses
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February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Cutting / Bucheli review – love is in the air at Ripon Concerts | Hugh Cutting and Sergio Bucheli tug on our heartstrings with a cleverly crafted programme
Cutting / Bucheli review – love is in the air at Ripon Concerts
Hugh Cutting and Sergio Bucheli tug on our heartstrings with a cleverly crafted programme
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February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra review – Vasily Petrenko conducts Ustvolskaya, Beethoven and Shostakovich at the Royal Festival Hall | Benjamin Grosvenor sparkles in Beethoven, while the RPO delivers a blistering account of Shostakovich’s 10th under the inspired baton of Vasily Petrenko
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra review – Vasily Petrenko conducts Ustvolskaya, Beethoven and Shostakovich at the Royal Festival Hall
Benjamin Grosvenor sparkles in Beethoven, while the RPO delivers a blistering account of Shostakovich’s 10th under the inspired baton of Vasily Petrenko
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February 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Alice Costelloe - Move On With The Year | Intensely personal yet relatable, the Big Deal star's solo debut sports a lightness of touch that often belies the intensity of the subject matter
Alice Costelloe – Move On With The Year
Intensely personal yet relatable, the Big Deal star's solo debut sports a lightness of touch that often belies the intensity of the subject matter
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February 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Daphni – Butterfly | Dan Snaith's latest is the music equivalent of a Painted Lady, with black round the edges dominated by riots of colour and invention
Daphni – Butterfly
Dan Snaith's latest is the music equivalent of a Painted Lady, with black round the edges dominated by riots of colour and invention
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February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Beverley Glenn-Copeland - Laughter In Summer | The knowledge that mortality is drawing close gives these beautifully tender, life-affirming songs extra weight
Beverley Glenn-Copeland – Laughter In Summer
The knowledge that mortality is drawing close gives these beautifully tender, life-affirming songs extra weight
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February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Lucinda Williams @ Barbican, London | American alt-country trailblazer delivers songs that continue to strike a chord
Lucinda Williams @ Barbican, London review – “Songs of remembrance, adversity and survival”
American alt-country trailblazer delivers songs that continue to strike a chord
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February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Geologist - Can I Get A Pack Of Camel Lights? | The debut album from the Animal Collective member is built around an instrument that's over a thousand years old: the hurdy-gurdy
Geologist – Can I Get A Pack Of Camel Lights?
The debut album from the Animal Collective member is built around an instrument that's over a thousand years old: the hurdy-gurdy
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February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Newby / Middleton review – celebrating Schubert's 229th birthday in style | Leeds Song unites Schubert and Britten with an outstanding young baritone
Newby / Middleton review – celebrating Schubert’s 229th birthday in style
Leeds Song unites Schubert and Britten with an outstanding young baritone
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February 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The Marriage of Figaro review – Mozart updated to an English country house | Louisa Muller's new production opens Opera North's 2026 season
The Marriage of Figaro review – Mozart updated to an English country house
Louisa Muller's new production opens Opera North's 2026 season
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January 31, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Chineke! review – Harish Shankar conducts Jenkins, Degun, Kodály and Gershwin at Queen Elizabeth Hall | From 20th century classics to new cross-genre writing, Chineke! Orchestra delivers a confident and stylistically alert evening of music-making under Harish Shankar’s direction
Chineke! review – Harish Shankar conducts Jenkins, Degun, Kodály and Gershwin at Queen Elizabeth Hall
From 20th century classics to new cross-genre writing, Chineke! Orchestra delivers a confident and stylistically alert evening of music-making under Harish Shankar’s direction
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January 31, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The Kingdom review – first-rate choral sound for Elgar at Southbank Centre | The voices of Crouch End Festival Chorus, augmented by those of Hertfordshire Chorus are joined by London Orchestra da Camera and soloists for a rare performance of Elgar’s magnificent oratorio
The Kingdom review – first-rate choral sound for Elgar at Southbank Centre
The voices of Crouch End Festival Chorus, augmented by those of Hertfordshire Chorus are joined by London Orchestra da Camera and soloists for a rare performance of Elgar’s magnificent oratorio
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January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
By Storm - My Ghosts Go Ghost | The experimental rap duo are sharp and engaging on (technically) their debut album
By Storm – My Ghosts Go Ghost
The experimental rap duo are sharp and engaging on (technically) their debut album
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January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar | The Californian trio's exhilarating, bittersweet seventh album marks a vital evolution
Joyce Manor – I Used To Go To This Bar
The Californian trio's exhilarating, bittersweet seventh album marks a vital evolution
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January 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM