Anna Netrebko heads for arts-free state
It has been announced that the half-banned Russian soprano will make her first US appearance in six years at a forthcoming gala for Palm Beach Opera in February. The company is located in Florida, where […]
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Lyric Opera hires CEO with no opera know-how
Chicago’s Lyric Opera has appointed John Mangum of the Houston Symphony to be its next general director. In an interview to be published next Tuesday, he tells Janos Gereben of San Francisco Classical Voice: ‘I’ve […]
Dear Alma, Is my instrument telling me I’m done?
Dear Alma, I left my oboe on the train last week. It’s the third time in as many years. The first I blamed on Covid stress. The second was during my divorce. But this time […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Bob Newhart – On the Record (1992)
Bob Newhart – On the Record (1992) The best way to understand how a “button-down” office drone can take up a perennial presence in our memory is to watch Bob Newhart. This stand-up comedian turned […]
Prom 16: Miller and Shostakovich
PROM 16: Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich. Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.07.2024 Cassandra Miller I cannot love without trembling (Viola Concerto, 2023) Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Jekyll & Hyde – Reading Rep Theatre
Jekyll & Hyde – Reading Rep Theatre Click here to rent Forbes Mason stars in Gary McNair’s captivating and comic one-person play which was filmed at Dundee Rep Theatre in February and is now available […]
American String Quartets: Florence Prce & Leo Sowerby
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
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New partnership between the British Double Reed Society and Liverpool Philharmonic’s In Harmony Liverpool
In Harmony Liverpool’s 13 Birthday Concert 2022 (Photo: Mark McNulty) Liverpool Philharmonic has announced a new partnership between the British Double Reed Society and their flagship learning and engagement programme, In Harmony Liverpool. The partnership […]
Out of the concert hall into the city: CBSO launches week of free performances in public spaces
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and music director Kazuki Yamada will fill Birmingham with music this August, when the orchestra presents a week of free performances in public […]
LSO and Dallas SQ unite for Hitler’s Romani victims
From a press release: While visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Ion Zanca, founder of Dallas String Quartet, discovered a cruel chapter of his own heritage. Amidst the barbed wire and walls of the […]
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