Bliss’ The Beatitudes performed in Coventry Cathedral for the first time, the building for which it was commissioned and written; Orla Boylan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor) in […]
This release, aptly titled “A Duke Moment”, spotlights music originating from Duke University. The Ciompi Quartet, comprised of professors at Duke, play an interesting program of new and recent works for string quartet by composers […]
The Silver Bell was Saint-Saëns’s first opera, composed in 1864, but it turned out to have a protracted gestation to its first performance in 1877 (the theatre originally expected to host the premiere went bankrupt, and […]
The Berlin Philharmonic has taken issue with comments attributed to its chief conductor, Kirill Petrenko, at last week’s press conference and has requested a correction. The conductor himself (or someone acting on his behalf) has […]
Overnight competition news. The Queen Elisabeth piano competition in Brussels has arrived at 12 finalists. The are: • Rachel Breen • Valère Burnon • Arthur Hinnewinkel • Wataru Hisasue • Mirabelle Kajenjeri (pictured, France) • […]
What you need to know: The former Vienna Opera singer Johannes Pietsch won the Eurovision Song Contest last night with a quiet ballad, Wasted Love. Using the stage name ‘JJ’, he produced a clear falsetto […]
Click here to register Jacob’s Pillow is a special place. Time magazine calls it, “the hub and mecca of dancing”, the NY Times calls it “the dance center of the nation” and no less a […]
Each year, the vocal group The Sixteen releases a new album on the CORO label to accompany the choir’s nationwide Choral Pilgrimage tour, which sees them visit over 20 locations across the span of 7 […]
A revealing comment from the chief conductor’s annual meeting with the Berlin press: ‘In rehearsals, I tell the orchestra: Please do this and that – and then in the concert they will play it the […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I have been teaching a student for five years. I started him at age 11. He has progressed well and is now the top player in our city. Today […]
%20TallWall%20Media_Oxford%20Song.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "There was no closure here: four Irish women composers give voice to women of the Magdalene Laundries in remarkable performances from Lotte Betts-Dean & Deirdre Brenner in Oxford")
