The Royal Musical Association marks its 150th anniversary with a conference in London this week.
Keynote speaker will be the New Yorker critic Alex Ross. His paper is titled: ‘The End of the Family Line: On the Probable Death and Possible Transfiguration of Music Criticism’.
The post Alex Ross ponders the death of music criticism appeared first on Slippedisc.
Edvard Grieg: Songs, Moods and Lyric Pieces; Alexander Ullman; Rubicon Classics Reviewed by Tony Cooper (31 October 2025) The prize of Ullman’s album, though, is his transcription of Peer Gynt Suite, No.1, drawing out the colour […]
The disgraced countertenor who pleaded guilty at a Houston court in 2023 to sexual assault of a young singer, is suing the University of Michigan for firing him three years earlier. AP reports: DETROIT (AP) […]
Herbert (Sonny) Ausman, second trombonist in the LA Phil for 45 years, has died at the age of 78. His colleague, Ralph Sauer, writes: Herbert (“Sonny”) Medlar Ausman III passed away yesterday, just a few […]
