The Sitkovetsky Trio started Day 4 with a concert of Schubert and Beethoven’s piano trios. Opening with Schubert’s Trio (Sonata in 1 movt) in B♭ major, D 28, a work written when Schubert was only 15, we heard a work

Glorious summer weather set the perfect tone for Day 3 of the July Schubertiade in Hohenems, promising a day rich in excitement and artistry; and the audience was not disappointed. The afternoon session featured the Dutch piano duo of Lucas

Day 2 of the Schubertiade was a day of piano and lieder. Pianist William Youn had planned a concert of Schubert piano sonatas, in keeping with earlier Schubertiade programmes. Instead, one piano sonata was omitted, and he played the Three

A meditation on mythology, transformation, and sound, L’après-midi d’une nymphe weaves music, poetry, and spoken word into a program that feels at once timeless and vividly contemporary. At its core are flute-centered works by Debussy, Mouquet, and Jolivet, framed by

As the sweltering heat that had gripped much of central and southern Europe finally softened its grip, a gentle breeze ushered in the Schubertiade Hohenems on 10 July 2025. Roughly 300 visitors gathered at the Markus-Sittikus Hall, a meticulously restored

Pianist Duncan Honeybourne, indefatigable champion of lesser-known and rarely-performed British piano music, brings another gem to wider attention with his recent recording of music by Thomas Pitfield (Heritage Records, March 2025). Born in Bolton, Lancashire, in 1901, Thomas Pitfield was

In his latest release, pianist Steven Osborne pairs Schubert’s penultimate piano sonata with the Moments Musicaux in a fine recording which makes a most satisfying “recital album”. ‘Who can do anything after Beethoven?’ the 31-year-old Franz Schubert wrote to a

This is the sixth instalment in Orchestra of the Swan’s (OOTS) “mixtape” collection – a series of albums which present imaginative and intriguing new arrangements of classical, jazz and pop music. In their latest release, Light & Shadow, OOTS turn