Two composers born 80 years apart, one in Russia, the other in France. What links the two? And how did pianist Sabine Weyer come to be introduced to both? The answer is via email. Buy Sabine Weyer's Mysteries via Presto Music. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/3952--interview-sabine-weyer-on-miaskovsky-and-bacri

Waterperry Opera returns in 2021 with a series of outdoor performances running from 12-21 August 2021. Guy Withers, Rebecca Meltzer and Emma Doherty explore some of the challenges the Company faces post-lockdown. Box Office opens 3 May. More details on the Waterperry website. https://www.waterperryoperafestival.co.uk/

Composer, arranger and pianist Iain Farrington's new album of Gershwin tunes is out on the SOMM label on 16th April 2021. In this podcast Farrington talks to Jon Jacob about his transcribing, his work as a musician, and how the BBC Proms 2020 season opener came to be. Buy the album https://newalbm.link/gershwinicity/

Manchester Collective's first album 'The Centre is Everywhere' features works by Schoenberg and Glass, plus a commission by Edmund Finnis. Adam Szabo and Rakhi Singh discuss the recording and their thoughts about digital projects embarked upon by arts organisations during the global pandemic. 

St Johns Smith Square Holy Week Festival 2021 begins on Sunday 28 March - Palm Sunday. Vocal group Tenebrae under the direction of Nigel Short features in pre-recorded and live streams as well as Amici Voices, violinist

Lana Trotovšek, Bojan Čičić, and organist Steven Devine. For more information visit the St John's Smith Square website. 

On 5 March 2021, Clare Hammond releases her fifth disc for BIS Records with an adventurous programme of twentieth and twenty-first-century variations for piano.

Music: Karol Szymanowski – Variations on a Polish Theme, Op. 10 (1904)

New sessions available for amateur and professional musicians root musical practise in the context of the wider arts and cultural scene, and they're delivered by Zoom. Sophie Renshaw discusses the project in this podcast episode. For more information about courses available visit https://www.insideoutmusician.com/.

Visions of Childhood with soprano April Fredrick, the English Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kenneth Woods is out on 5 February 2021 - https://orcd.co/_visionsofchildhood

Conductor Julian Perkins and soprano Kate Howden discuss Stephen Dodgson's rarely performed compelling chamber opera about the life of a Suffolk girl who broke the law for love. Purchase the recording of the work via all the usual platforms. https://naxos.lnk.to/866045961Na!product_page#