The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have uploaded one of their recent concerts – a fabulous programme that could have been designed only by one conductor – its present chief. The rundown: György Ligeti »Atmosphères« Richard […]
Ravel: L’heure espagnole – Alexandria Moon, Edward Birchinall, Benedict Munden, Marcus Swietlicki (part) – Royal College of Music (Photo: Chris Christodoulou) Britten: Les illuminations, Weill: Chansons des Quais; Ravel: L’heure espagnole; Georgia Melville, Cecilia Zhang, […]
The enterprising Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva has shifted her recording work from Sony Classical to Naive, an interesting move. Here’s what they say on social media: naïve is honored to announce its collaboration with internationally […]
In our report on Wednesday’s performance of the Babi Yar Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall, we found cause to praise the ‘impressive performance of the London Philharmonic male chorus’. This drew a prompt request […]
The British pianist Ashley Wass has informed the Yehudi Menuhin School that he intends to leave at the end of the present academic year. Wass, 47, has been commuting for the past two years between […]
Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms Martin Helmchen (piano); Philhamonia Orchestra / Alessandro Crudele. Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, Italy, 26.11.2024 Beethoven Fidelio – Overture, Op 72 (1814) Mozart Piano Concerto No. 16 in D, K 451 (1784) Brahms […]
There has long been a theory that the German master lives on in the form of Valery Gergiev, the post-Soviet conductor who provided cultural reassurance and stability for the criminal regime of Vladimir Putin as […]
On The Catwalk You may wonder why I would include a catwalk show on my online arts newsletter. I’m sort of wondering myself. It’s just that, having been born to a fashion family – everyone […]
Sothebys are selling a trove of 1,500 love letters between the Vienna-born Oxford composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) and the poet Elizabeth Mackenzie (1921–2021), Vice-Principal of Lady Margaret Hall. Wellesz lived in ‘a very […]
This weekend will mark 70 years since the death of Wilhelm Furtwängler, on November 30, 1954. While his political decisions remain contentious, his importance as a conductor has only increased. No musician in his time, […]
