Journey's End
Friday 3 March 2023
Joanna Wyld explores the two great journeys of Bach's life and how travel may have inspired him more than we think.
Assembling the Mass in B Minor
Thursday 16 March 2023
In her second blog, Joanna Wyld puts together the pieces of the jigsaw that were to become the magnificent Mass in B Minor we know today.
Bach's Mass in B Minor in New Colours
Friday 17 March 2023
In a blog taken from the notes to accompany his 2013 recording of the Mass in B Minor, Václav Luks writes about how he sought to strip away decades and centuries of performance traditions to rediscover the work for himself.
Introducing our next Rising Stars of the Enlightenment
Friday 31 March 2023
Meet our new cohort of six singers joining our Rising Stars of the Enlightenment scheme. Initiated in 2017, Rising Stars of the Enlightenment is a two-year programme for emerging singers as part of our broader commitment to investing in the talents of the future
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.
Christmas time, cantatas and wine.
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Christmas wasn't all stollen and Glühwein for an 18th Century town music director. Joanna Wyld investigates the tensions smouldering below the surface in Bach's Leipzig.
Composing from the Old World to the New
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Leah Broad explores the challenges faced by composers such as Jean Sibelius, Sergei Rachmaninov and Edvard Grieg as they transitioned from traditional to modern music in a changing world.
Resurrecting Bach's Easter Oratorio
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Joanna Wyld explores Bach's Easter Oratorio shedding light on the tensions and triumphs of his musical journey.
The C90: Sounds of 2024
Friday 22 December 2023
A playlist highlighting the music and musicians that we'll be bringing to the stage in 2024... and maybe a teaser or two.