Berklee College of Music has fired trumpeter Nicholas Payton, chair of the school’s Brass Department,over a string of anti-semitic comments in his social media. Among other libels he accused Jews of oppressing black people. Payton […]
The Hollywood composer, 93, was due to conduct a concert of his music is June. His replacement is Stéphane Denève, music director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. pictured: JW earlier this month. Press statement: […]
The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie has announced a May 8 anniversary concert with the emphasis on fighting renewed antisemitism. The programme consists of two works composed in the Terezin concentration camp – Pavel Haas’s Study got […]
First-night review from our occasional contributor Susan Hall: Claus Guth, the noted European director, debuts at the Metropolitan Opera with Richard Strauss’ Salome. It is an electrifying production, originally created with the Bolshoi Theatre of […]
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Ethel Smyth wrote six operas of which the best-known is The Wreckers though it is hardly common currency. But what about the others, after all she wrote three more after The Wreckers. The Boatswains Mate gets performed, […]
Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Glasshouse The Glasshouse International Centre for Music has announced its 2025/26 season. The Royal Northern Sinfonia form a large component of the season, the orchestra celebrating both Dinis Sousa’s continuation as […]
Debussy (orch. Büsser), Mozart, Stravinsky Jan Lisiecki (piano); Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Salle Érasme, Palais de la musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France, 25.02.2025 Debussy Printemps, L 68 (1887, orch. Büsser 1912) […]
Be Still My Heart: songs by Robert Gund and William Grosz; Christian Immler, Helmut Deutsch; Alpha ClassicsReviewed 29 April 2025 Two Vienna-based late-Romantic composers whose songs have disappeared from sight on a disc where the […]
The accomplished concert artist and Conservatorio professor Marcello Mazzoni died without warning yesterday morning at his home in the centre of Reggio Emilia. In additional to international concerts, Marcello recorded Brahms sonatas with his partner […]
The Southwest Florida Symphony has announced closure. FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 29, 2025) – After more than six decades of presenting outstanding orchestral performances for the enrichment, entertainment and education of the community, the Southwest […]
