Brendel in Salzburg: A reckoning
The festival has put out an account of the great pianist’s regular involvement, starting with his debut in … Krenek’s second piano concerto. It makes the point that Brendel was made to wait until his […]
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The Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall – Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Gabriela Ortiz, Bernstein, Terence Blanchard and Dvořák
The final program in this Met Orchestra season opened with Antrópolis by Gabriel Ortiz, the current holder of the Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. A ten-minute work inspired by the legendary dance halls and nightclubs […]
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Opera in the heart of Clapham: St Paul’s Opera’s Summer Opera Festival
Rehearsal images from St Paul’s Opera’s forthcoming production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore My local opera company, St Paul’s Opera is presenting its annual Summer operatic staging at St Paul’s Church, Clapham next month (3 to […]
The earth moves: Antoine Brumel’s 12-part Earthquake Mass & Tallis’ 40-part motet from Peter Phillips & The Tallis Scholars
Watercolour of Nonsuch Palace where Tallis’ Spem in alium may have premiered The Earth Moves: Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus, Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon, Josquin: Absalon fili mi, Tallis: Spem in alium; The Tallis […]
How many Koreans in London?
Message received: Now in its twelfth year, the K-Music Festival returns in autumn 2025 with an expansive programme of concerts showcasing the diversity and innovation of contemporary Korean music. Running from October 1st to November […]
NY Times publishes an Alfred Brendel obituary mainly about itself
No other newspaper would indulge in such monstrous self-regard when a major artist has died as the Times has done for Alfred Brendel. Not even a hint of a suggestion that its successive chief music […]
Another brass player leaves Chicago Symphony
It has been announced that assistant principal trumpet Mark Ridenour will retire at the end of this month. He has held that post for 31 years, since his appointment by Daniel Barenboim in 1994. photo: […]
Heinrich Heine. Paris. Musik: Dresden Festspiele 2025 (I)
Heinrich Heine. Paris. Musik Benjamin Appl (baritone); James Baillieu (piano); Barbara Auer (narrator); Jens Harzer (narrator); Helmut Butzmann (concept). Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden, Germany, 12.06.2025 Palais im Großen Garten Lieder with readings might […]
Alfred Brendel: My Grandad taught Gustav Mahler how to ride a bike
In a talk to a Prague audience in the land of his birth, the late pianist plucks a few snippets from an elusive autobiography. ‘Towards the end of the war,’ he relates without expression, ‘there […]
Sad news: Alfred Brendel died today
The great pianist died peacefully this morning, friends have reported. He was 94. Brendel was born in a Czech town, raised in Zagreb, educated in Graz and ignored in Vienna. A rush of Mozart and […]
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