The President of the German Shostakovich Society, Dr Bernd Feuchtner, has died after a prolonged illness, aged 75. A renowned scholar of the Russian composer and his world, he was also Intendent of the Handel […]
The Stonemason’s Yard Think Venice, especially if you have never been there, and chances are that the view that springs to mind will have been painted by Giovanni Antonio Canal, known as Canaletto. He was […]
Introducing Chromatica Orchestra I am told of a new orchestra, and the press release is below. I hope to report on the Batttersea concert (the Barber Violin Concerto is heard far too little os this […]