Two of the most captivating violinists that ever drew bow across strings play the Beethoven concerto with the same conductor, the phlegmatic Sir Adrian Boult.
Comparison does not get closer.
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Principal double-bass Edwin Barker will leave the Boston Symphony Orchestra next week after 48 years in the seat. His parting performance will be Serge Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto this Friday at Tanglewood. Koussevitsky, Boston’s formative […]
Messiaen: Hawari – Gweneth Ann Rand, Simon Lepper – Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival (Photo Britten Pears Arts) Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert; English Touring Opera, dir. Robin Norton-Hale, cond. Gerry CorneliusMessiaen song-cycles; Gweneth Ann […]
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam has called off two concerts this week by the Israeli string quartet ‘due to announced demonstrations, and recent developments surrounding protests in Amsterdam.’ The hall said it has ‘a duty guarantee […]
