 Jonathan Dove – a past Artistic Director of Spitalfields Festival – gives the first performance of Late Night Music, around fifty minutes of quiet, contemplative piano music, which he describes as being “like ripples spreading from drops of water falling into a still pool”. The meditations are designed to lull the audience into a relaxed end to the day.
Date: 3 July 2025, 9.15pm Venue: St Giles Cripplegate, London Tickets available from the Spitalfields Festival website.  Out in the Air premieres with Joyce DiDonato and Simon Halsey on Saturday March 15 at Konzerthaus Dortmund.
For Mezzo-Soprano, Mixed Choirs and Chamber Ensemble this new 14’ arrangement of the Finale of Jonathan Dove and Alasdair Middleton’s crowd action work Search for Spring (2020) was commissioned by Konzerthaus Dortmund. Premiered in 2023 Search for Spring was commissioned by Lincoln Center for hundreds of community voices exploring the themes of climate change and our future world. Find out more about the performance here. Image: Joyce DiDonato © Sergi Jasanada A new album, featuring Jonathan Dove's luminously beautiful Stargazer, will be released by Orchid Classics on 7 March 2025. Titled BEYOND, the disc celebrates the music of four of today’s most distinguished opera composers in works that redefine storytelling with the orchestra taking centre stage.
Released on Orchid Classics, the disc of world premiere recordings is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by contemporary music specialist Timothy Redmond. Stargazer, subtitled “an opera for trombone and orchestra,” is showcased by virtuosic soloist, Peter Moore. Released on Orchid Classics. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9749877--beyond?srsltid=AfmBOoq-Wb3dZqMtY2EjGxznBV_jvwJzmtSLNIGMgoElsuRB2jA98YzV  
Can one person make a difference?
Horrified by the climate crisis, teenager Lola decides that she must fight for the future. This new community opera by Jonathan Dove and April De Angelis looks at the state of the world and the climate emergency through the eyes of the young, the eyes of those who it will affect the most. A mother, a daughter and a time of turmoil, we discover how the bonds of family love survive when the planet faces a climate disaster. Directed by Sinead O'Neill, Uprising premieres on 28 February 2025, with further performances on 1 & 2 March. Limited tickets are available via the Glyndebourne website. The opera features a cast of professionals and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia conducted by Andrew Gourlay alongside Glyndebourne Youth Opera, a community chorus and young instrumentalists from Brighton & East Sussex Youth Orchestra and Brighton & Hove Percussion Ensemble. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra will then stage the Scottish premiere in Edinburgh and Glasgow on 28 and 29 March 2025.  In its centenary year, Singapore's Tanglin Trust School celebrates with a concert on 25 April 2025 featuring the world premiere of A Bridge Across the Sea, a specially-commissioned cantata for soloists, children's chorus, adult chorus and orchestra by Jonathan Dove. The concert will feature the combined choirs of Tanglin Trust School, alongside the Raffles Singers and instrumentalists from Resound Collective, together with professional soloists to perform the world premiere, in what will be an unforgettable performance, under the baton of Boon Hua Lien. Visit the Esplanade Concert Hall website for more information. |