Music in Durham: listings, reviews, news and blogging

Music in Durham

Music news, reviews, concert listings and musings.

Welcome

Introduction

Music in Durham is dedicated to bringing you classical music listings, previews, reviews and news for Durham, with a bit of random blogging thrown in. The what's on pages bring together classical music events from across the City and the University, so whether you're looking for a great concert to go to, or if you're planning something and want to avoid clashes, this is the place to look.

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If you're planning a classical music or jazz concert, in Durham City or the nearby villages, and you'd like to have it included on my events page, you can send me the details via the form here:

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About Me

This site is run by Jane Shuttleworth. I spend as much of my life as I can get away with absorbed in music - listening, performing, reading, writing - and telling other people about it. This site is a place for me to bring all these together, and, I hope to provide something useful for other people in Durham while I'm at it. My interests are choral music, early music and modern music.

Latest posts

Prince Bishop’s Brass at Ushaw

A highly enjoyable concert by Prince Bishop's Brass at Ushaw College, with music ranging from the Renaissance through to the twentieth century.

Opera dei Lumi: Handel’s Esther

A rare opportunity to hear Handel's 1720 'Esther' in an extremely enjoyable performance given by Opera dei Lumi at Ushaw College.

Happy Bach at Durham Cathedral

St James Baroque join with Durham Cathedral Choir and Daniel Cooke to celebrate Bach's joyful trumpet music as part of Durham BRASS festival.

Life at Samling Academy

Former Durham Cathedral chorister Zoë Jackson, and recent Durham University graduate Peter Dunn talk to Music in Durham about their experiences with Samling Academy and their preparations for the upcoming Samling Academy Opera baroque double-bill.

Restoring St Oswald’s organ

St Oswald's church are launching a campaign to restore their organ. David Harris, Director of Music at the church, told me more about this unusual organ and why its restoration will pay tribute to the vision of the people who designed and built it.

Abraham and Isaac

A moving performance of Britten's "Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac" by Philippe Durrant, Lewis Cullen and Francesca Massey, preceded by gently radiant English songs from Purcell and Handel to Britten and Howells.

Prince Bishop’s Brass at Ushaw

A highly enjoyable concert by Prince Bishop's Brass at Ushaw College, with music ranging from the Renaissance through to the twentieth century.

Opera dei Lumi: Handel’s Esther

A rare opportunity to hear Handel's 1720 'Esther' in an extremely enjoyable performance given by Opera dei Lumi at Ushaw College.

Happy Bach at Durham Cathedral

St James Baroque join with Durham Cathedral Choir and Daniel Cooke to celebrate Bach's joyful trumpet music as part of Durham BRASS festival.

Abraham and Isaac

Durham Cathedral choir at Ushaw

Durham Cathedral choir give their first ever concert at Ushaw with a superbly constructed programme that threaded together the Anglican and Catholic choral traditions.

The Bishop’s Consort: A Glorious St John Passion

Bach the theologian was at the heart of a small-scale St John Passion that shone with triumphant glory, sung by the Bishop’s Consort, directed by David Stancliffe.

Note

You might have found your way here because you’re looking for the university’s student music site, in which case you need to go to www.musicdurham.org, but I hope you’ll have a look around here too.

If you’re planning a concert, or if you have any other music news, please tell me about it. jane@musicdurham.co.uk.