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The death was made known today of the eminent and highly sought after composer and conductor Ronald Corp, OBE. He was an ordained priest of the Church of England and served at St Augustine, Kilburn. […]

The following rallying cry has just gone online: Classical musicians, please sign and share! (Thanks to Jonathan Biss, Joyce DiDonato, Midori and Alisa Weilerstein for writing the letter below:) To our fellow citizens: We the […]

The music director has been feeling unnoticed:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by The Philadelphia Orchestra (@philorch) Philadelphia Orchestra says: Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been following a […]

Just another headline-grabbing blast from the Vivaldi peddler: Nigel Kennedy, the virtuoso violinist, has said “boring” concert programme notes are ruining classical music. He told The Telegraph that a “plague of experts” were distracting audiences […]

Rosie Millard’s substack is essential reading for goers-out and stayers-in alike. Here’s her latest: More than 1,000 cultural figures, including the bosses at Welsh National Opera, have signed a letter claiming the (Supreme Court’s) judgement […]

The Handel House in London has come up with an interesting new temptation: The kitchen of the great composer G.F. Handel will be alive with the smells and sounds of Georgian cookery this spring.  On Saturday, […]

Keynote speaker at the summer festival will be a former Economist jounalist, married to the Polish foreign minister. She is the author of important books on the Soviet Gulag and the current rise of western […]

80 Years On Let’s not forget that 80 years ago this week, May 8th 1945, marks the end of World War Two in Europe. The cost in lives and cultures is still unimaginable and must […]

Message from the ochestra director, Andreas Schulz: With pride and great joy we look forward to the launch of GEWANDHAUS RADIO on 12 May 2025 – a unique classic channel in the world, dedicated exclusively […]