The annual Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert. Marin Alsop conducted the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, comprised of TMC Fellows who have been selected to participate in an intensive program of advanced study, instructed and mentored by […]
.JPG?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Thrilling moments, terrific theatre, intimacy & transcendence: Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz's Requiem at BBC Proms with London Symphony Orchestra")
Berlioz: Requiem – Sir Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (Requiem); Julien Henric, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, […]
Press release from Saanen: On Monday, August 10, 2026, pianist Hayato Sumino was honored with the fifth Olivier Berggruen Prize during his recital at the Saanen Church. The concert was part of the 70th anniversary […]
Between Mountains Festival Following a successful inaugural edition, Between Mountains Festival returns to Holdenweid in Hölstein, Switzerland, from 4-6 September 2026, expanding from a one-day premiere into a three-day festival experience. Set among the rolling […]
A fine idea, really well realised by Anna Geniushene on the Fuga Libera label. Following on from an album of lullabies, this focuses on the first-published works of major composers, “an exploration of first steps” […]
It is Mendelssohn’s Third and Fourth Symphonies that get all the attention. Yes, there is power in nicknames (Scottish and Italian respectively), but the fifth has one too and I can count performances I’ve heard […]
Presented alongside another early farsa in this year’s Rossini Opera Festival, this La scala di seta (1812) contrasts sharply with the traditional setting and direction of the exactly contemporary L’occasione fa il ladro. This is already the second revival of […]
Tugan Sokhiev, Vienna Philharmonic – Salzburg Festival (Photo: Marco Borrelli) Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, Debussy: La Mer, Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (excerpts); Lang Lang, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Tughan Sokhiev; Salzburg Festival at Grosses FestspielhausReviewed […]
The opportunity spoken of in the title of Rossini’s early one Act comedy for Venice (1812) comes about when two suitcases are accidentally swapped. Despite Don Parmenione’s taking a sneaky chance to win Berenice, the […]
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements (1942-5) Berg Violin Concerto, “Zum andenken eines Engels” (1935) Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 (1943, rev. 1945) Back at the Proms, players from Juilliard Orchestra and the Royal Academy […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "By turns ravishing & spine-tingling: period instrument orchestra Les Siècles is the star of the show in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust at the BBC Proms conducted by Jakob Lehmann")
