All-male performances show Monteverdi's madrigals in a new light.

Snider reworks mass into requiem for the environment to spectacular effect.

From First Ladies to female statues, with Heggie and Barton expect the unexpected.

Find out what's on stage – and streaming online – in October from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.

American mezzo Jamie Barton tells Clive Paget about recording Unexpected Shadows, Limelight’s Recording of the Month for October.

Choirs perform an essential role in many of our rituals – in fact the Requiem was a response to medieval plagues. So how do choirs fare during pandemics?

Komitas reworked explores unusual but captivating Armenian sacred music.

As the choir celebrates its centenary, Ria Andriani takes a look at its origins and a new work that Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska have created for the occasion.

Neglected gems get a polish from a master and his apprentice.

Spicer presents a colourful and fragrant musical bouquet of Marian works.

MacMillan plumbs mystical depths with enormous creativity.

A thoughtful but emotionally inconsistent account of Shostakovich’s social commentary.