
Beginnings and endings.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
How we chose the music for our 2023/24 season. More importantly, how do we decide what order to put it in?

THE LIGHT OF SPAIN
Thursday 5 October 2023
Find out more about Cristobal de Morales, whose motets we will be exploring in our 2023/24 season of Bach, the Universe and Everything.

The Grit That Makes the Pearl
Friday 26 May 2023
We look through the history of the opera that critics called "the best in every way" of Gilbert & Sullivan.

Brothers on Different Paths
Monday 15 May 2023
Nicholas Kenyon compares the musical journeys of Carl Philip Emanuel and Johann Christian Bach.

Christmas time, cantatas and wine.
Monday 6 November 2023
Christmas wasn't all stollen and Glühwein for an 18th Century town music director. We investigates the tensions smouldering below the surface in Bach's Leipzig.

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Tuesday 5 November 2024
We explore the mysteries surrounding Bach's Brandenburg Concertos including its uncertain origin and unusual instrumentation showcasing Bach's compositional ingenuity, with each concerto offering unique and unprecedented musical challenges.

Heroes and Rebels
Monday 24 February 2025
Laura Tunbridge, Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and author of Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces (Viking, 2020), explores Beethoven's Eroica symphony and Violin Concerto.

The trouble with Fanny
Friday 14 March 2025
Jessica Duchen sat down with Fanny Mendelssohn's three-times-great-granddaughter, the filmmaker Sheila Hayman to talk about history's neglected female composers.

Everything You Need to Know Before Going to a Concert
Tuesday 7 January 2025
Stand-up comedian, writer, actor and director, Chris Addison tells us exactly what we need to know before coming to classical concert.. and it might not be at all what you'd expect!

Interpreting Bruckner's Fifth Symphony
Thursday 10 October 2024
We explore Anton Bruckner's enigmatic persona and his music's associations with religious, metaphysical, and mystical experiences.