There’s a famous 1947 Cartier-Bresson photograph of Igor plus Puss which we can’t reproduce.
The composer was feline in so many ways.
And he composed The Owl and the Pussycat, a forerunner to theLloyd Webber musical, CATS.
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The Chicago Symphony has announced that Esteban Batallán is returning as its principal trumpet, ‘following the conclusion of a one-year leave from the Orchestra’. What is doesn’t say is that Batallán joined the Philadelphia Orchestra, […]
Here is a disc of three magnificent performances of three Bach cantatas on the Signum label. superbly recorded in Norwood, London. The Oxford Bach Soloists is directed by Tom Hammond-Davies; Nick Pritchard is the fervent […]
Tafelmusik & Rachel Podger (Photo: Dahlia Katz) Tafelmusik, the Canadian period instrument ensemble, recently appointed violinist Rachel Podger as principal guest director and this month the orchestra released a disc of Haydn symphonies with Rachel […]
