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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Photo: Antonio Beato, 19th centuryBrooklyn Museum Greek Songs: Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Conradin Kreutzer, Ludwig Berger, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Lennox Berkeley, Ravel: Robin Tritschler, Jonathan Ware; Wigmore HallReviewed 8 January 2025 Composers different ideas of Greece from […]
The auction house Tarisio has gone public on the private sale of a bow to New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang. The bow was made in 1864 by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume’s best Parisian bowman, Pierre […]
We hear that Aleksi Malmberg, general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic for the past seven years, is to be Director for the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, starting in March. He says: ‘This […]
.webp?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Up Close and Musical: Shiry Rashkovsky's concert series to be first classical offering at The Amadeus, Maida Vale")
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "A meaty, not to say tough programme: Sakari Oramo, Guy Johnston & BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's Cello Symphony, Turnage premiere & Sibelius at the BBC Proms")
