Jack Frost: A Winter Story
A Christmas tale to warm the heart here. Debbie Wiseman and Alan Titchmarsh isn’t a combination that immediately springs to mind, but here it is, and a very successful one at that. Titchmarsh has a […]
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Just in: James Galway, 85, sells off his golden flutes
The Irish virtuoso, who turns 85 on December 8, has put up three golden flutes for sale at prices from £51,000 to £120,000 ($65-153,000). Sir James Galway, a Belfast lad who was principal flute of […]
Tarmo takes Polar music to the Israel Phil
The Finnish phenom Tarmo Peltokoski is in Israel this week, conducting the Philharmonic in works they’d never have put together otherwise. That would be Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus, the Vasks violin concerto and, after the interval, […]
Alienation at Lincoln Center
This is the Center’s current season, released today. Who is the audience? NEW YORK, NY (December 4, 2024) – Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) today announced additional Free and Choose-What-You-Pay programming throughout […]
Czech Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall – Semyon Bychkov conducts Mahler’s Five & Gil Shaham plays Dvořák’s Violin Concerto
This second evening in a three-day Carnegie Hall residency as part of the Czech Philharmonic’s North American tour and New York City’s contribution to the 2024 Year of Czech Music, especially noteworthy as it marks […]
Sister act in Salzburg
From the mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti: I’m so happy to announce my debut at the @salzburgerfestspiele this summer, with the part of Jocasta in Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky), under the lead of my favorite conductor @lorenzoviotti, together with the @viennaphilharmonic and @wienersingverein !!! I started […]
Sir Stephen Hough at Barbican Hall
Stephen Hough has been a fixture on Planet Piano for years, but there is nothing to take for granted in the completeness and freshness of his musicianship. Like an alchemist, he both challenges and deepens […]
Lament for a Boulez partner
Friends are mourning the passing of Brigitte Marger (Mondoloni), one of the kindest yet most effective members of the Boulez circle in Paris. Brigitte was director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and later of the Cité […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten
Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten The two most significant composers of their generation – Benjamin Britten and Aaron Copland – both died this week in, respectively, 1976 and 1990. (So did Cicero but he died […]
Brazil mourns noted composer, 85
Friends are sharing reports of the death yesterday of Marlos Nobre, internationally known composer and conductor who crossed between classical and Amazonian styles with felicitous ease and beauty. He was 85. Surprising that he isn’t […]
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