HarrisonParrott’s Paris office has signed the Polish conductor Barbara Dragan, formerly with a Vienna boutique.
Trained in Hamburg and Berlin, Dragan, 35, presided over pre-recordings of the 2024 Olympics with two Paris orchestras.
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Wild Arts does it again … Mozart Die Zauberflöte (sung in English, translated by Jeremy Sams, abridged). Cast; Orchestra / Orlando Jopling (conductor). Thaxted Parish Church, 30.06.2024 Production: Director – James Hurley Designer – Sophie […]
Messiaen Vingt régards de l’enfant Jésus (1944) Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, 31.05.2024 The last time I heard Messiaen’s vast Jesus-oriented canvas was at Milton Court in 2016 (review), Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist, a […]
In the 1890s, between symphonies, Gustav Mahler tried his hand ‘improving’ string quartets by Beethoven and Schubert, in adaptations for string orchestra. They don’t get heard much these days. The post A rare chance to […]
