Classical Music Reviews
English Gems from Wigmore Hall
This is properly musicians in sevice of music. The pieces here ae rarely heard, and of the three composers only one has anything like the recognition he deserves, and even then it’s somewhat lacking (Bliss). […]
UK premiere of Ludwig Göransson’s suite from Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer at the Royal College of Music
Christopher Nolan’s enormously successful 2023 film, Oppenheimer (seven Oscars, seven Golden Globes, five BAFTAs) about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War […]
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A themed programme with an imaginative difference: Music from Pole to Pole with City of London Sinfonia and atmospheric physicist Dr Simon Clark
Music from Pole to Pole – City of London Sinfonia and Dr Simon Clark at Smith Square Hall – (Photo: Suzi Corker) Music from Pole to Pole: Caroline Shaw, Webern, Dvorak, Lutosławski, Osvaldo Golijov, Marais, […]
A Christmas Carol this isn’t: The Telling’s What the Dickens!
For their latest show, playwright/singer Clare Norburn and her company The Telling have turned to the private life of Charles Dickens. With an estranged wife and teenage mistress, he doesn’t quite live up to the […]
Classical Music News
The soloist who learned to fly
David Krauss’s latest inrerviewee on Speaking Soundly is the jazz pianist Aaron Diehl, an artist whose roots in Catholic and classical music have fed an phenomenal gift for improvisation. When not playing, he’s flying aircraft. […]
NY boutique is taken over by London agency
Wittenberg Artists agency – four conductors, four soloists – today becomes a subsidiary of the large London agency Intermusica. It will be known as Intermusica New York. Martin Wittenberg will run IM’s NY office with […]
Ruth Leon recommends… A Journey into Lohengrin – San Francisco Opera
A Journey into Lohengrin – San Francisco Opera This splendid film, recommended by my friend Harvey in San Francisco (thank you, Harvey) takes viewers behind the scenes as a musical Everest is readied for the […]
Sviatoslav Richter: I do not like myself
A chilling late reflection from the most compelling pianist of the 20th century. Apparently taken from Bruno Monsaingeon’s film. All the more chilling for being seen in isolation. The post Sviatoslav Richter: I do not […]
