Central Ohio commissions a theremin
The earliest known electronic instrument is something of an intellectual cult. So it’s quite a surprise to find it being played at the Central Ohio Symphony. And this is just the beginning. The world premiere […]
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A garden party with Karajan, Furtwängler, Lipatti and friends
Mark Ainley from the Piano Files has posted the only known video of Dinu Lipatti to YouTube. It’s a private, silent film from the 1947 Lucerne festival and it features luminaries of those times. The […]
English Touring Opera – Rimsky Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden
Rimsky Korsakov’s third opera The Snow Maiden (premiered 1882) draws upon pagan Russian folklore (albeit mediated through a fairly recent play by Alexander Ostrovsky) about the appeasing of the sun god Yarilo, who is jealous […]
New York Philharmonic – Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven 7 – Vikingur Ólafsson plays Brahms’s First Piano Concerto
The evening opened with a refreshing and commanding account of the Beethoven, Manfred Honeck leaving no doubt as to his mastery of the Austro-German tradition. His robust but unforced approach elicited sumptuous playing,allowing the music […]
Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
The firm says it is discontinuing Model K, which dates back to 1904. They say pedal technology has improved in the past five years. Read here. The post Steinway scraps upright after 120 years appeared […]
Innate theatricality: composer Adrian Sutton definitively moves out of the theatre with a challenging yet engaging concerto for violinist Fenella Humphreys
Adrian Sutton: Violin Concerto, Short Story, A Fist Full of Fives, Five Theatre Miniatures, War Horse Suite; Fenella Humphreys, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Seal; ChandosReviewed 2 October 2024 Best known for his music for the […]
A Hebrew prayer, in Russian and English
In the thick of Covid, Russian-trained singers who had taken up cantor positions in the US put together this historic polyglot document. The post A Hebrew prayer, in Russian and English appeared first on Slippedisc.
Lukas Foss: Naxos celebrates
German-American composer Lukas Foss transformed the Buffalo Philharmonic into an adventurous and world-renowned orchestra during his tenure as music director, and he was a mentor to the orchestra’s current music director, JoAnn Falletta, at the […]
Job of the Week: Travelling Mahler
Project Manager at the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, based in Berlin, 20-30 hours a week: Do you love working in an international classical music environment? Is keeping several balls in the air at once a challenge […]
Kia Motors secures Strad for Korean soloist
Violinist Clara-Jumi Kang has received the long-term use of the 1702 ‘Thunis’ Stradivarius, once owned by the widow of Eugène Ysaye. The loan was made by Kia Motors, for whom Kang now acts as a […]
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