The London Philharmonic last night played works by Saariaho, Prokofiev and Nielsen at the Royal Festival Hall. The conductor was the underrated Finn Hannu Lintu and the soloist was Alina Ibragimova. If any European orchestra […]
Rattle’s next concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will focus on Historically Informed Performance. The BRSO say: Large symphony orchestras have so far hardly dealt with baroque music played on historical instruments. Chief conductor […]
Conserving Rusconi: Vitruvius’s Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, and served as an artilleryman, the third class of arms in the Roman army. Little is […]