Bach is what everyone’s streaming this week
Here, exclusively, is this week’s Apple Classical’s global streaming chart. The #1 and two other entries are by JS Bach: 1 J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion, […]
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Sir Nicholas Kenyon to give the inaugural Purcell Lecture at Stationers Hall presented by the Musicians’ Company, and the Stationers and Newspapermakers’ Company
Stationers Hall In 1683, a group of musicians and music lovers got together as the Musical Society of London and organised a St Cecilia’s Day concert (22 November) for which Henry Purcell wrote Welcome to all the […]
Immersive Beethoven at Conway Hall: all the major chamber works with piano from Daniel Tong, Sara Trickey and Robin Michael
1803 portrait of Beethoven by Christian Horneman This weekend, 3 and 4 May 2025, Conway hall is having an immersive event giving us the opportunity to hear hear all of Beethoven’s major chamber works with […]
NY clarinetist sends message to Trump from bombed-out Kyiv
Under Russian bombardment, Julian Milkis – on his fourth nUkraine tour since the Russian invasion, sent the letter below to a man in the White House. Julian is scheduled to perform in Kharkiv, Lutsk, Odesa, […]
BBC scraps two musician jobs, adds one suit
We reported last month that two strings positions in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra have been abolished, and without a peep from the MU. With the salaries saved, the orchestra has hired a spare executive. Statement […]
Request for information about a leading US soprano, 100
We have been informed by one of her students that the distinguished opera soprano Marilyn Cotlow died towards the end of last year at the age of 100. Her later years were disrupted after being […]
French coloratura, 97
The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both […]
More than novelty value: at Conway Hall, the Zoffany Ensemble explores two substantial 19th century French works for nine instruments
Louise Farrenc in 1835 Michael Haydn: Divertimento in G, Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat, George Onslow: Nonet in A minor; Zoffany Ensemble – Manon Derome, violin, Rachel Roberts, viola, Anthony Pleeth, cello, Lynda Houghton, […]
Lights in the dark: Symphony of Shadows
On one level an old-fashioned Sunday afternoon matinee, this impressive concert was also a more than usually comfortable fit for two ongoing series: the RPO’s own ‘Lights in the Dark’ strand and the Southbank Centre’s […]
Irish composer scores 100,000 Euro win
The Fedora Prize was awarded last night at the Vienna State Opera to The Curing Line, by the Irish composer Michael Gallen. The Fedora is worth €100,000, the largst prize for new opera. Sung in […]
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