Whether or not you count yourself among devotees of the song recital, there is something here to give pause. English mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately turns her attention to Madeleine Dring, a composer whose relative neglect remains one of the more puzzling anomalies of the British music revival.

The world’s only one-handed professional concert pianist – Nicholas McCarthy – makes his much-anticipated Harrogate International Festivals debut this month. Over the past 60 years, the Festivals have brought some of the most gifted, boundary-shaping classical musicians to Harrogate, with Nicholas the latest iconic star to grace the Festivals’ stage.

Bluey’s Big Play, the theatrical adaptation of the Emmy® Award-winning animated television series, has captivated audiences of all ages, with Bluey and her family delighting fans with an unforgettable live theatrical experience and its back on tour in the UK and Ireland With brilliantly created puppets, Bluey’s Big Play features the original voices from the beloved TV series, including…

She has worked alongside British intelligence, been befriended — and duped — by a real spy, and watched her government blow up buildings in the Welsh countryside. Now, with her latest thriller, The Hiding Season, Ava Glass is bringing the shadowy world of espionage to Yorkshire.

Here is a disc that will unsettle and beguile in equal measure, and listeners who approach it with an open mind will find themselves richly rewarded. Laurence Osborn is a composer with a strong and distinctive voice—one that ranges from the arch and ironic to the deadly serious—and this collection of four pieces, engaging with classical music's heritage culture, the bold imaginative world of childhood, and the sometimes vertiginous boundary between the mechanical and the human, constitutes a powerful statement about where contemporary music can travel when it is in genuinely fearless hands.

Only Time Will Tell still sounds fresh and relevant forty-four years on from its first incarnation, whilst Wildest Dreams still sounds like a mix of early Buggles coming with a guitar solo straight out of a Yes song courtesy of Steve Howe.

Eric Morecambe’s centenary will be celebrated by the only town’s only palm court orchestra this March. Bring Me Sunshine, Morecambe and Wise’s famous theme tune, will be performed by the award-winning Promenade Concert Orchestra as their tribute to Eric who was born in the town in May 1926.

However, icon status is draining, and, unsurprisingly, after what was a truly epic tour in support of his third studio album, Harry's House, he needed to take some time to just live and breathe. Having refreshed his heart, soul and mind, he returned earlier this year with the strikingly different Aperture. After really enjoying exploring LCD Soundsystem in their live setting, he crafted a more minimalist disco-driven song for his big return

Elder's direction throughout is meticulous without ever becoming mannered; the phrasing is alive, the dynamics precisely weighted, and the playing of the Hallé consistently luminous. If Huw Watkins remains less widely known than his gifts deserve, this disc is an authoritative and thoroughly persuasive introduction.