Arguably the least musical US national anthem

Herbert Blomstedt, 97, is conducting the Czech Philharmonic with Katia and Marielle Labeque. The post Pic of the day: Me, and my girls appeared first on Slippedisc.

The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director.  Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]

Carolina Codina married Sergei Prokofiev in 1923, returned with him to Moscow in 1936, was dumped by her husband four years later and would up in one of Stalin’s gulags. Now, a Polish play in […]