Read the latest reviews, hot off the presses, of our 76th Aldeburgh Festival performances:

13 and 14 June: A Visit to Friends

A Visit to Friends

Credit: Richard Hubert Smith
Ingeniously scripted... premiere filled with lush and gorgeous sounds
4 Stars

Richard Morrison, The Times


15 June: Fu and Betts-Dean: Solitude with Schubert

George Xiaoyuan Fu and Lotte Betts-Dean

Where words fall short, Schubert’s music binds performers and audience in a shared meditation on grief

Thoroughly Good


15 June: Knussen Chamber Orchestra: Nocturne and Folk

Claire Booth and the Knussen Chamber Orchestra

Allan Clayton and Claire Booth shine in a programme that spans myth, melancholy and nocturnal dreams

Thoroughly Good


18 June: Bach’s Markus Passion

Bach’s Markus Passion

An astonishing rebirth for Bach’s lost work ... completely gripping
5 Stars

The Times


22 June: BBC Symphony Orchestra II

Aldeburgh Festival is at its varied best in BBC Symphony Orchestra concert
4 Stars

Financial Times

Main image: A Visit to Friends © Richard Hubert Smith