A cosmic son of life rises from the shadows
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: If you are looking for neglected stocks in these shaky times, you could do worse than sink a pair of ears into the music of Paul Ben-Haim. It […]
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80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin
Metamorphosen, for strings alone, contemplates the world after the end of his world, in 1945. The post 80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin appeared first on Slippedisc.
Oboe quits Washington DC
Martin Hébert is stepping down after 19 years as Principal Oboe of the Oregon Symphony. His replacement will be Harrison Linsey of the National Symphony Orchestra. Not a bad time for a musician to be […]
LPO @ the Southbank Centre – Sibelius and Beethoven
Not yet 25, the latest Finnish Wunderkind (of partly Filipino heritage) began studying with renowned conducting teacher Jorma Panula at the age of 14. Today he has posts in Riga, Toulouse and Hong Kong, having […]
An incredible feeling when you get it right; horn-player Martin Owen on performing Mozart’s complete horn concertos with Manchester Camerata
Martin Owen, Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy at the Stoller Hall (Photo; Rob Everett) When horn player Martin Owen and I met to chat about his performances of Mozart’s Horn Concertos with Manchester Camerata, our conversation […]
Heinichen and Telemann: Early Cantatas
This is.wonderful disc. Don’t let the “early” bit put you off: there is such joy and sorrow here, such craftsmanship. And the conjoining of Heinichen and Telemann results in the dream team you never knew […]
Why bringing back Anna Netrebko is bad for the soul
Anna Starushkevych is a Ukrainian-British opera singer who has lost family members in the Russian attack on her country. She tells us: ‘I made a conscious choice to put my career on hold, as my […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Josephine Baker: the Story of an Awakening
Josephine Baker, who died 50 years ago this Saturday 12th April 1975, was much more than the ‘girl in the banana skirt’. That skirt, and the performer wearing it, became a symbol of the Jazz […]
Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay
Putting San Francisco far behind him, the Finn is plunging into Nietzsche and Strauss on the Hamburg docks. The post Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay appeared first on Slippedisc.
Canadian conductor is charged with sex assaults on a teen
From CTV News: The conductor of the Université de Sherbrooke orchestra has been charged with sexual offences involving a minor. François Bernier, 51, was arrested Thursday morning by Sherbrooke police. Court records show that he […]
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