Ottorino Respighi’s ‘mystery in three episodes’, Maria Egiziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt) started out as a concert triptych. Some have suggested its dramatic/symphonic slant puts it midway between oratorio and opera, but stagings are fairly […]
The Painter’s Painter Click here to sign in Nicholas Poussin is often referred to as the ‘painter’s painter’ due to his influence on artists through the decades but the National Gallery in London, which has […]
The cult BBC series on Birmingham criminal gangs is about to hit the City of Lights next March in dance form, from Ballets Rambert. Looks even cultier than the original The post Peaky Blinders […]
Denmark started broadcasting in 1925 and DR immediately adopted the Danish National Symphony Orchestra as its radio ensemble. The BBC Symphony was not founded until 1930. The Danes will take a centennial tour around European […]
In the 1890s, between symphonies, Gustav Mahler tried his hand ‘improving’ string quartets by Beethoven and Schubert, in adaptations for string orchestra. They don’t get heard much these days. The post A rare chance to […]
The violinist tells David Krauss on Speaking Soundly that he always did everything to the max. Growing up in Siberia, he had to play in gloves. At some point, he punched his teacher… Listen here. […]
British Youth Opera is promising a candlelit blend of music, readings and champagne that really captures the essence of the season at its Christmas on the Strand event in Tuesday 17 December 2024 at St Clement Danes […]
The City of London has voted to spend £191m on renewing the Barbican arts centre, having abandoned plans to build a new concerthall eslewhere within its boundaries. But £191m is just 80 percent is what […]
Versailles yesterday witnessed the death of Martial Solal, an epic figure in French jazz and film. A Jewish pianist from Algiers, he mingled in 1950s Paris with Django Reinhardt and Sydney Bechet, forming his own […]
This is the official blessing for the reopening of the great organ of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Not everyone was impressed by the esoteric repertoire, least of all some world leaders. Here’s a reasoned critique. […]
