David Oistrakh gives the kiss of life
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Where has my week gone? Much of it was spent plundering a coffin of one of the most captivating violinists that ever lived. David Oistrakh, Odessa born (thus […]
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Dear Alma, How do I audition for the NY Philharmonic?
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, How do auditions for a major orchestra like the New York Philharmonic work? I submitted a resume and put in my request for a preferred live preliminary audition dates. […]
Hopeless ENO issue Gilbert & Sullivan warning
Could you make it up? Imagine, you’re an opera company putting on a family show, The Pirates of Penzance Then some sensitive soul says: but it’s got rude words and it’s a bit pushy-shovy. I […]
New York Philharmonic – Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Shostakovich’s Festive Overture & Symphony No.10 – Frank Huang plays Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto
For her New York Philharmonic debut, Keri-Lynn Wilson, founder of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, led an all-Russian program, Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10 in conjunction with William Kentridge’s Oh to Believe in Another World,surveying the composer’s rocky relationship […]
György Kurtág, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau & Christmas in Regensburg: three very different, very personal recordings projects for baritone Benjamin Appl
Benjamin Appl in recital in 2020 Baritone Benjamin Appl has been having a busy time of it in the recording studio and has three contrasting albums out on Alpha Classics between now and May 2025, […]
The indefatigable Daniel Barenboim in Franck and Fauré
Daniel Barenboim is a living miracle. e seemed to remain boyish in his looks for decades and decades after was humanly fair; he is equally at home the piano stool as on the podium. He […]
A seasonal gift from a very great pianist
The Portuguese artist Maria João Pires announced her retirement in 2018, only to bounce back the following year for selected engagements. This year, turning 80, she is offering a holiday gift recital of Mozart and […]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt archive goes online
In the week of the conductor’s 95th birthday, a website has been inaugurated to provide access to his life’s work. Ultimately, it promises, this will be the Nikipedia. Click here. The post Nikolaus Harnoncourt archive […]
Salieri makes a comeback
The old intriguer’s opera La scuola de’ gelosi – ‘with a plot mirroring Mozart’s Così fan tutte’ – will receive its US premiere in LA next month. The world premiere was at the Teatro San […]
A Child of our Time could be anyone’s kid
The Royal Northern Sinfonia has put on Michael Tippett’s oratorio in a performance involving amateur musicians and singers from across the North East of England. The idea is to underline the universality and topicality of […]
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