9 Church Walk, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, home of Imogen Holst from 1964 to 1984 (Photo: © Historic England Archive) A relatively unassuming modernist house in Aldeburgh, 9 Church Walk, has just been listed at Grade II […]
A coupling of the Elgar Violin Concerto and Violin Sonata today; plus, a truncated performance of the concerto, all led by Albert Sammons. Born in 1886 in West London, Sammons’ remarkable life includes leaving school […]
Henry James died 109 years ago this week on 28 February 1916. He was an American-British author, regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to […]
The organ world is mourning Professor Edoardo Bellotti, a leading expert in Renaissance and Baroque keyboard repertory. Edorardo, who taught at the Eastman School of Music, died in his Italian home town, Pavia, of an […]
This is from the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina: Dear EMF Alumni, Earlier today, Eastern Music Festival’s Board of Directors announced the cancellation of our 2025 season which was to have run from […]
BBC Radio 3 presents a day of special programming on Monday 3 March, as well as launching new partnerships and strengthened collaborations with the Hallé, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and the […]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born 178 years ago this week, on 25th February 1841, was a French Impressionist painter whose eye for beauty made him one of the movement’s most popular practitioners. He is best known for […]
Three singers will compete for Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize, the Gold Medal, with repertoire to include works by Clara Schumann, Wolf, Ireland, 임태규 (Taekyu Lim) and Woseley Charles.• Leading experts from the classical music […]
Part 3! Siegfried can be a tricky opera for any company to pull off for there are many issues and pre-conceptions to surmount: huge demands on the singer of the title role, the male-voice dominance […]
A devoted reader has sent us this clipping from the Honolulu Star Bulletin of Betsy Arakawa at her piano debut in 1971, playing one movement of Haydn’s G major concerto. Betsy became the second wife […]
