King Charles III came on stage last night at Covent Garden to bid farewell to Antonio Pappano after 22 years as music director of the Royal Opera.
It was a rare, personal and highly welcome gesture of solidarity with an art lately under attack from its funding authority, Arts Council England.
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Hummel, portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler, c. 1814 Rossini: String Sonata No. 1, Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, Hummel: Potpourri Op. 94, Weber: Symphony No. 1; Timothy Ridout, Tomo Keller, Academy of St Martin […]
The Concertgebouw’s Mahler festival has its first jump-in. Sakari Oramo has been recruited to conduct the Adagio from the 10th symphony, followed by Das Lied von der Erde, on May 18, the anniversary of Mahler’s […]
The British octet are suddenly down to seven: In a momentous moment for the group, we are saddened to announce that Andrea has made the decision to step down as a member of VOCES8. The […]
