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.
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First, Munich lost Asmik, its intended Senta. The the Dutchman pulled out. Now the conductor’s called in sick. In den Vorstellungen von Der fliegende Holländer am 25., 28. und 31. März 2025 übernimmt Patrick Lange die Musikalische […]
The Freiburg Chamber Orchestra has replaced its founding conductor Laurent Gendre with Philipp Bach. Gendre has led the orchestra since its inception in 2009. The post Swiss orchestra drops baton appeared first on Slippedisc.
The academic Geoff Baker, emeritus professor at Royal Holloway University of London, has published a reflection on the 50th anniversary of the music education system that has become a propaganda instrument of a criminal regime. […]
