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.
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The Russian mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova has missed too many rehearsals with illness to take part in Tristan und Isolde, the festival has announced. She will be replaced as Brangäne by Christa Mayer. It is still […]
This is the Dutch TV investigation into allegations of abusive conduct by the country’s leading conductor, Jaap van Zweden. Includes rare hiostorical footage. The post Watch: The TV case against Jaap van Zweden appeared first […]
The venue needs to replace Sebastian Nordmann, who is of to run the Lucerne Festival. It has chosen Tobias Rempe, founder-manager of Ensemble Resonanz. Rempe, 53, has the approval of chief conductor Joana Mallwitz and […]
