Over the hoplidays this week, BBC Radio 3 is running three new Lebrecht Interviews with leading figures in thee music world. Two are notoriously elusive. This is, I am told, the first programme-length interview Itzhak […]
Peter Yarrow, of the 1960s folk trio, died today of bladder cancer, aged 86. Paul (Noel Paul Stookey) is the last survivor. Contrary to their cleancut image, Peter was jailed for three months for indecency […]
The veteran Estonian conductor, 88, suffered a fall in the podium while conducting at the national song festival yesterday. He told local media from his hospital bed today that he’s feeling fine but ‘will need […]