The Berlin conductor Joanna Mallwitz is set for a Deutsche Grammophon debut this summer. She has recorded the two Kurt Weill symphonies together with the Seven Deadly Sins, due for release in August. […]
The Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber is taking over this week’s Cosi fan tutti in Hamburg, a full year before he starts work as Generalmusikdirektor. The Bremen kapellmeister William Kelley (pictured) will conduct the remaining […]
The Cleveland Orchestra, leaderless since David Radzynski resigned in March, has upgraded a recent member of the second violins to the title of first associate concertmaster. Xie, from Shanghai, joined the orchestra ten months ago. […]
Message from inveterate concertgoer Tim Walton: In a break from what is going on at the CBSO, I went to a fantastic concert at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the final concert of their academic year. […]
The German conductor has withdrawan from two Bruckner 8s in Amsterdam next weekend. Concertgebouw Orchestra notice: Christian Thielemann has unfortunately had to cancel his performances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra due to illness. We are very […]
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914), a favourite student of Liszt, was admired by Wagner: that’s quite a CV. Here we have two works: the large-scale Piano Concerto in G minoring the Sinfonia festiva. Sgambati is probably best […]
I saw a lot of good theatre while I was in New York recently, including most of the shows which are nominated for Tonys. One of the best was The Outsiders, which could possibly win the Best […]
In today’s birthday honours, King Charles has bestowed well-deserved knighthoods on the church composer John Rutter and the outgoing BrittenPears chief Roger Wright, a former head of the BBC Proms and Radio 3. The […]
We met Mishka Rushdie Momen at the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival via her recital Romantic Piano. Here on her recording of variation sets on SOMM, she confirms her clear talent. The booklet notes are some […]