Chromatica: A new orchestra is born
Introducing Chromatica Orchestra I am told of a new orchestra, and the press release is below. I hope to report on the Batttersea concert (the Barber Violin Concerto is heard far too little os this […]
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Exquisite vocal lines & imaginative storytelling: Harry Christophers & The Sixteen focus on Stanford’s secular choral music in Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs
Stanford: Partsongs, Pastorals and Folksongs; The Sixteen; Harry Christophers; COROReviewed 22 July 2024 by Tony Coooper Punctuating Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s centenary, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have just issued 17 première recordings of his […]
Vampires, the Angel of Death and Prophets – our August e-newsletter is now out
Bizet: Carmen – dancers, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier – Glyndebourne Festival at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise In case you missed it Our monthly e-newsletter is out – August on Planet Hugill: Vampires, the […]
A Ring cycle to rival the Met’s
No sooner has the Metropolitan Opera rolled out plans for a new Wagner Ring than the Dallas Symphony announces concert performances of all four operas (Oct 13, 15, 17, 20), as well as standalone Siegfried […]
Best-selling US organist dies, 81
The ever-popular Michael Murray died last week at the age of 81. A student of Marcel Dupré, whose biography he would write, Murray was organist of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, for 31 […]
Where’s Anna Netrebko?
The Russian-Austrian diva has been seen this week in Amsterdam in the company of her new beau, the Hungarian-Romanian bass Alexander Köpeczi. The pair have been friends since April when they sang together in La […]
Ryanair refuses to board a violin
With Ryanair, it’s almost as if they go to work each day wondering how to inflict more distress on their passengers. This just in from the violinist Esther Abrami: Today I was refused boarding on […]
An American tenor in Paris dies, aged 77
We have been notified of the death of Howard Crook, a lyric tenor from Rutherford, New Jersey, who became a staple of the early-music scene in Paris. He appeared in operas by Lully, Rameau, Haydn […]
Famed French organ is destroyed by arson
The 1861 Merklin organ at the church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer, Northern France, has been completely destroyed in an overnight fire, believed to be the work of arsonists. The fire broke out at […]
Franz and Cleveland headline 24-hour Bruckner marathon
Today’s 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner is being religiously observed in his hometown Linz and nearby villages. Here’s the schedule: Midnight at the Mariendom: Bells and imported sounds 4am in the birthplace at Ansfelden: musical […]
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