Twenty-two classical and operatic events from across the UK worth clearing your diary for in September 2026. It goes without saying that none of what follows is exhaustive, more Thoroughly Good.

A ten-year plan, not a slogan: Music@Malling’s Thomas Kemp on why ‘growth in every postcode’ needs the arts to be treated as infrastructure. With a new Prime Minister, the political mood music has ...

A deliciously meaty Beethoven Violin Concerto from Augustin Hadelich and the Berlin Philharmonic. The orchestra feels like its playing differently – perhaps more on point. (Sacrilege to say, I know.

Right from the off Lamsma’s reading of Britten’s Violin Concerto has a distinct narrative line. The hesitations in the opening subject hint at melodrama. As the subject develops, so the quality ...