Crepuscular Music strives to document the ephemeral experience of classical music and opera performance. Instead of being a thumbs-up or thumbs-down site, it posts critiques that capture live events to stamp their place in music history.
Originally named Crepuscular Musings, CM was founded by author and classical music critic Sophia Lambton and initially included sneak peeks of her fiction. These can now be found at https://www.thecrepuscularpress.com/clp-essays.
CM is looking for contributors from anywhere worldwide to add to its documentation. If you are a writer who enjoys analysing (not just attending) classical music events, message Sophia here or at sophia [at] thecrepuscularpress.com.
Enjoy these online records.
On Sophia Lambton
Resident in London, Sophia Lambton is an English-Russian-Jewish writer who has been a professional classical music critic since the age of seventeen. Beginning her career at Britain’s oldest classical music magazine, Musical Opinion, she has contributed to The Guardian, Bachtrack, MusicOMH, BroadwayWorld, BBC Music Magazine and Operawire.
Most of her is nonetheless a novelist. In 2019 she completed her first literary saga The Crooked Little Pieces. The series has been published since May 2022. Volume 5 is scheduled to be released this 1 September 2025.
She also spent 12 years profoundly researching The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography, which came out to coincide with Maria Callas’ 100th birthday on 2 December 2023. In 2024 it won the Association of Recorded Sound Collections Award for Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music.
Currently she’s working on her second literary saga.
