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?
17,967 reasons to be cheerful
Wednesday 25 October 2023
We’ve just released our 2022/23 ‘Annual Review’ of our Education work. Discover the impact we’ve been having from Durham to Plymouth.
The Fairy Queen: Three Wishes, County Durham Residency
Friday 7 March 2025
‘I will remember this forever’ – Year 3 pupil
When it's good to be loud!
Tuesday 26 November 2024
We’ve just released our 2023/24 ‘Annual Review’ of our Education work. Discover the impact we’ve been having from Durham to Plymouth.
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.
Juggling flutes... almost literally.
Thursday 28 March 2024
Lisa Beznosiuk, our principal flute, gives us a quick insight into the instruments she is currently using.
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.
