Buxton’s United Reformed Church has owned a late Victorian Broadwood grand piano for many years – it was […]
Category Archive: Classical
The Sixteen, Derby Cathedral The Sixteen and conductor Harry Christophers took JS Bach’s so-called Lutheran’Mass in G, BWV […]
Michael Williams, who is currently managing director of Cape Town Opera, has been appointed as the new chief […]
Sinfonia Viva – the Derby-based orchestra of the East Midlands – is teaming up with Andrew Smyth, finalist […]
Belper Singers will be performing “Sweet Lovers Love the Spring” at St Clement’s Church, Horsley Road, Horsley on March […]
A pianist tipped for stardom will mix musical ice and fire when he performs at the Pavilion Arts […]
Dutch conductor Frank Zielhorst has been appointed as Principal Conductor of Sinfonia Viva – the East Midlands’ professional […]
‘Songs of Light’ might not be an obvious title for a concert on a dark November evening. Yet […]
Mayfield Music’s last concert of the 2017 season is an Advent Choral Concert featuring the 30-strong City Consort […]
This Christmas, Haddon Hall will bring the nation’s favourite Christmas carols to life, with a number of the […]
Two Derbyshire choirs are performing at a special concert to raise funds for charity. Songs for Sight takes […]
Folk tunes, classical gems and even music played from rooftops around the Cathedral are just some of […]
Buxton has been blessed this summer with a series of piano recitals by established, world class musicians. This […]
Christian Blackshaw grew up in nearby Macclesfield so his appearance in this year’s Buxton International Festival is almost […]
If the Fitzwilliam Quartet represents the old guard of British Chamber music then the Consone Quartet is very […]
Day 8 of the Buxton International Festival was billed as “the day of the quartets” and it fell […]
Lunchtime concerts Derby Cathedral In the first of this year’s series of its Friday lunchtime concerts, on May 12, […]
Few of the people enjoying the entertainment lined-up for the annual Ashbourne Festival will realise that the whole […]
Derwent Singers, St Mary’s Church, Derby, 8.4.17 Choral conductor and composer Knut Nystedt (1915-2014) has been one […]
Derby-based Sinfonia Viva has confirmed the line-up for its 35th anniversary ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ regional tour. Sinfonia Viva […]
The 2017 Buxton International Festival is an exciting blend of world-class opera, the finest musicians in the classical […]
Derbyshire-born violinist and singer Lizzie Ball – who has played with pop legends Jeff Beck and the Beach […]
The Darley Park Concert will be taking place again this year thanks to a sponsorship deal between Derby City […]
Buxton Opera House has a new grand piano thanks to the generosity of a local couple who loved […]
Derby Concert Orchestra, Derby Cathedral, 18.3.17 Derby Concert Orchestra has a strong track record in Mahler, including splendidly […]
Juice are at the forefront of the UK’s experimental classical scene performing new vocal music wich draws on […]
Here’s your chance to win a pair of tickets to the much-anticipated opera performances at this year’s Buxton […]
Bakewell Town Hall is close to celebrating its first anniversary as a community arts centre, and the team […]
You can celebrate Earth Hour at the Unitarian Chapel on Short Row, Belper, on Saturday March 28, 8.30pm to […]
Derby-based Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ only professional orchestra, is launching a new initiative to bring together local […]
Musician Sarah Bennett knew from an early age exactly what she wanted to do with her life – […]
Internationally renowned musicians O Duo will bring their unique and energetic percussion performance to Derby Cathedral for the first […]
Described by Gramophone as, ‘spot-on in interpretative instinct’, the Aquinas Piano Trio has established itself over the last […]
Derby Concert Orchestra, Derby Cathedral You don’t usually expect to find the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in […]
The Russian State Ballet will be performing two of the most popular balletof all times – Swan Lake and The Nutcracker at Buxton […]
It’s always refreshing to find a string quartet prepared to go out on a limb in terms of […]
Champagne will be flowing at Buxton Opera House this New Year’s Eve when it rings in 2016 with its […]
Two anniversaries will be celebrated at Chesterfield’s Crooked Spire on November 5. It is the day the town’s […]
The Chapel-en-le-Frith Tea Concerts are the brainchild of by the Pleyel Ensemble’s violinist Sarah Ewins pictured above. She […]
Sinfonia Viva has teamed up with Derby Cathedral to develop a special Twilights series of four concerts over […]
