Beach & Corigliano Violin Sonatas
The music of Amy Beach rarely if ever fails to impress, and to delight. Her expression seems so natural, so unforced, her vernacular so charmingly American, imbued with the warmth of both heart and hearth, […]
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Ruth Leon recommends… Queen Mary’s Photograph Album
Queen Mary’s Photograph Album Members of the royal family have been compiling photo albums of their memories for generations. The Royal Photograph Collection houses Queen Mary’s 33 albums, which contain photographs documenting her official visits, family life, and […]
”Poetesses Symphoniques”
This is another somewhat unusual (and likely hard-to-find) release, appearing on a label I’ve never heard of, la dolce volta. Similar to the Paris Polonais disc I recently reviewed, this one seems to be available […]
BBC Radio 3 scores record audience, Classic FM record low
Quarterly figures released today show that Radio 3 listenership has topped 2 million once more and a record number of individual hours was spent listening to the station. They must be doing something right. Classic […]
US new music violinist dies at 96
Matthew Raimondi died in Bar Harbor, Maine, at the age of 96 on Saturday, October 19. He is survived by his wife, Natalie, and daughter, Diana, and scores of friends and fellow musicians with whom […]
Cancer claims ASCAP chief
The death has been announced of John Titta, chief creative officer and of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. He had struggled with cancer for the past two years. The post Cancer claims […]
Holy wait: Winchester report is pushed back to 2025
The Bishop of Winchester’s review of his crisis-ridden cathedral is proving unexpectedly thorough. Originally intended to report within three months it has now been extended beyond the end of this year. The Review Team has […]
New York Philharmonic – Rafael Payare conducts Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairytale Poem and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ – Anthony McGill plays Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Five months since including Sofia Gubaidulina’s 1996 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, the Philharmonic gave its first-ever performance of her Fairytale Poem. Composed for a 1971 children’s radio program, the alluring piece is based on […]
Alastair Macaulay: A new golden age of choreography?
Alastair Macaulay reviews the Royal Ballet’s latest for slippedisc.com: Encounters: Four Contemporary Ballets by Alastair Macaulay The Royal Ballet, as if proclaiming that we have entered a great era of new ballet choreography, is beginning […]
Head of music is killed by garbage truck
The streaming world has been stunned by the death of Cindy Charles, head of music at the video streaming service, Twitch. Charles, 69, was hit by a garbage truck near a canal in Amsterdam. She had […]
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