The autograph manuscript of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s string quartet in B flat major, Opus 130, has been acquired by the Beethovenhaus in Bonn. It has been rpivately owned and inaccessible for decades.
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The Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov has made his conducting debut at the Winter Arts Festival in Sochi, wielding his stiick over Verdi’s Requiem. Abdra was cancelled by western theatres after aligning himself with Vladimir Putin’s […]
In the summer of 1939 the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu wrote a field mass for Czech soldiers who were volunterring to fight for France. It’s a fabulous piece, very rarely heard. The post A Martinu […]
In tonight’s Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, I talk to David Pountney about a career that has involved pivotal roles as director of productions at Scottish Opera and English National Opera, and general director […]
