Death of a formative English soprano, 96
We have been informed by people who have spoken to her daughter that the wonderful English soprano April Cantelo has died in Oxfordshire at the age of 96. A pupil of Britten’s associate Joan Cross, […]
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Cancer claims BBC Proms composer
The death has been announced of the composer and pianist Sarah Gibson, a member of the piano duet Hocket and a core artist of LA-based Piano Spheres, which commissions and promotes new works for piano. […]
Halle Orchestra names new leader
The Manchester orchestra has appointed Emily Davis-Robb as co-leader (concertmaster) alongside Roberto Ruisi. She has been, until now, concertmaster of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Norway. She says: ‘Thrilled (and very humbled) to share this […]
From Estonia with love: Neeme Järvi conducts Lalo
What joy this disc brings! We previously met Neeme Järvi and his Estonian orchestra here; when it comes to Lalo, they are on top form, and supported by one of Chandos’ best recordings. I vaguely […]
The slow, sure rehab of Lord Tony Hall
The former CEO of the Royal Opera House and DG of the BBC today added a new post to his portfolio. He is to be chairman of the National History Museum, a sign that he […]
Death of movie music pioneer, 72
The death has been recorded in Richmond, California, of Douglass Fake, who produced some 700 albums of movie music on his label, Intrada. Among his exhumations were the uncut score of Leonard Bernstein’s On the […]
Moscow culture chief is arrested
The former head of the Moscow Department of Culture, Alexander Kibovsky, has been arrested and charged with bribery and fraud. He faces up to ten years jail. As in all such cases in Russia at […]
Belgian ensemble, Ayres Extemporae, winners of the 2024 York International Young Artists Competition at the National Centre for Early Music
Ayres Extemporae, winners of the 2024 York International Young Artists Competition The 2024 York International Young Artists Competition took place on Saturday 13 July 2024 at the National Centre for Early Music in York, as the […]
Opera Holland Park 2024 – Wolf-Ferrari’s Susann’s Secret & Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci
Opera Holland Park’s new production of Pagliacci this season is paired, not with its usual partner Cavalleria rusticana, but with a contrastingly comic take on the theme of suspicion and jealousy, Wolf-Ferrari’s Susanna’s Secret (a revival of John Wilkie’s production from 2019). Her […]
Yuja Wang at Tanglewood – Shostakovich, Barber and Chopin
Yuja Wang began with eight selections from Shostakovich’s cycles Opuses 34 & 87 blended into a continuous whole, creating dreamy auras, sweet melodies, dance-like passages, and a march, all decorated with shimmering figures, trills and […]
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