It is nice to hear the choir of my old college, King’s College, London, in so vibrant form; the composer here, Edward Nesbit, is currently lecturer in composition there. Christmas music is traditionally reflective: the […]
Peggy Lee Fever, written by Otis Blackwell and Eddie Cooley (collectively known as John Davenport), was originally recorded in 1956 by Little Willie John (who?), Fever has been recorded by countless singers in hundreds of […]
The Vienna State Opera has published a closely-observed article by conductor Jendrik Springer on working with the intense Christian Thielemann. First of all: never call him Maestro. That’s what I advise all singers who are […]
The Bulgarian conductor Delyana Lazarov a, former assistant to Mark Elder in Manchester, has been named principal guest conductor in Utah from mid-2025. She will work with newly appointed music director Markus Poschner. ‘Delyana’s electric […]
On 4 April 2018, the environmental group Milieudefensie (part of Friends of the Earth International) announced their intention to take Shell to court to demand that it bring its business operations in line with the Climate Agreement. Thousands of Dutch […]
The crowd in Seoul are singing: ‘If (president) Yoon Suk Yeol gets lost, it’s a Merry Christmas!’ Quite catchy. The post Koreans sing ‘Impeach him!’ to the tune of Merry Christmas appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Russian premiere of Modest Mussorgsky’s opera Salambo was suspended for an hour while its conductor Valery Gergiev popped out to attend to other duties across town. Inexplicable,and unprofessional. Here’s what the Telegram channel reports: […]
Musicians union Local 802 has chosen Broadway trombonist Robert Suttmann as its unopposed new president. He succeeds harpist Sara Cutler who, in 18 months, nailed major news deals at the New York Philharmonic and New […]
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, A friend of mine at conservatory has the hots for our teacher. She flirts with him all of the time, and he has started to respond positively. He is […]
Talking to Zsolt Bognar on Living the Classical Life, the British cellist thinks classical musicians should get out more. Concert halls are fine, he says, but a bar is where you meet different types. When […]
