The new production, directed by Harry Fehr, features an exciting cast including Elizabeth Llewellyn as Fiordiligi, Andrew Staples as Ferrando, and Julia Riley as Dorabella.

The engagement at Opera Holland Park marks Thomas’ operatic debut; a genre he hopes to apply the same discipline required for contemporary music to:

“The music for Così fan tutte is some of Mozart’s finest and is full of irony as well as heartfelt sincerity and is rich with allusion and quotation – all of which subtly draw attention to the artificiality of Da Ponte’s original and witty libretto. It is often the writing for the inner parts that adds so much depth and colour to the drama – the violas, second violins, bassoons and clarinets. This is what needs to be teased out of the orchestral texture to make this fantastic music truly come alive.”

Cosí fan tutte opens at Opera Holland Park on June 8^th and runs until July 7^th. For more information please visit the Opera Holland Park website.

To find stockists, visit The Strad’s website, and to purchase A Constant Obsession, visit the Resonus Classics website.

To read the interview, get hold of a copy of Classical Music Magazine. You can also purchase A Constant Obsession, Thomas’ recordings of Turnage chamber works, from Resonus Classics.

If you have a subscription, you can read the full 4* review online here.

A Constant Obsession is a selection of world-premiere recordings of chamber music by Turnage, one of the most iconic composers of the 21st century. You can download the recording from Resonus Classics or iTunes.

It also features a tribute from Judith Bingham, with whom he has an ongoing working relationship. In the piece, Bingham describes Thomas as ‘an incredibly dynamic person – like a shot in the arm’.

To read the full interview see the January issue of Gramophone magazine – available now.

You can also see Thomas featured in the January Issue of Gramophone magazine, out now.

If you missed In Tune on Tuesday, you can still listen here.

For more information on A Constant Obsession, go to the Resonus website here.

Conductors from around the world will come together to engage with fans, first-timers and complete strangers in a musical Twitter marathon. Participants will include Gabriel Sakakeeny of the American Philharmonic (@AmericanPhilMD), Michael Seal of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (@batonflipper) and Ezequiel Silberstein of the Libertador San Martín Youth Symphonic Orchestra (@ezesilber).

To participate, simply think of a question and pose it on Twitter on the day of the event. Be sure to include the hash tag (#askaconductor). You can ask a general question to any musician or you can pick a specific musician you’d like to ask.

Step 1: Think of a question

Step 2: Log in to Twitter (free to join if you are not already a member)

Step 3: Pose your question on the date of the event. Just remember to stick to 140 characters or less and be sure to include the hash tag (what are hash tags?)

Step 4 (optional): Also include your musicians’s Twitter handle for specific questions (e.g. @YourFavoriteConductor or @TheBestCellist). We will always have a list of participating musicians for the most current event.

Step 5: Wait for the musicians to answer!

Step 6 (optional): Repeat steps 1 through 5 with a new question or follow up!

For more details visit the Ask The Musicians website.

Programme:

Sibelius – Romance

Mozart – Divertimento in D K. 136

Sibelius – Rakastava

Interval 

Sibelius – Valse Triste

Mozart – Divertimento in B K137

Sibelius – Andante Festivo

Mozart – Divertimento in F K 138

Tickets are £15 for adults and free for children. For booking more information please call 01732 770 929.

Next year Music@Malling Festival will feature the work of Huw Watkins and Judith Bingham alongside Mendelssohn, Mozart and Haydn.

The cast list and production team is as follows:

Conductor Thomas Kemp

Director Harry Fehr

Lighting Designer Colin Grenfell

Fiordiligi Elizabeth Llewellyn

Dorabella Julia Riley

Ferrando Andrew Staples

Guglielmo Dawid Kimberg

Despina Joana Seara

Alfonso Nicholas Garrett

For more information visit Opera Holland Park’s website.