Banging it out on Birmingham buses
Not much is going right for music in the Midlands. This is an advertisement running on the buses. It shows an old man playing music too loud because he is deaf. Just the image the […]
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Royal Academy of Music – Martinů double bill – Comedy on the Bridge & Twice Alexander
It’s not so much twice Alexander as thrice Martinů, since this double bill of operas by that composer here happily follows soon after the Royal Opera House’s equally rare staging of Larmes de couteau at the Linbury […]
Pappano’s Rimsky and Mussorgsky
For the 2024/25 season, Sir Antonio Pappano ceded his position at the orchestra of Santa Cecilia in Rome to Daniel Harding; Pappano remains Conductor Emeritus. This is the finest modern Sheherazade: I remember being umbilically […]
Orchestra of St Luke’s/Xian Zhang at Carnegie Hall – Brahms’s Begräbnisgesang & Ein deutsches Requiem
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s wound up its 2023-2024 season on Carnegie Hall’s mainstage with a winning program of Brahms.featuring two choral masterpieces by Brahms including this Hall’s premiere of Begräbnisgesang (Burial Song) scored for SATB choir […]
Schumann Symphones from Dresden
Timed to coincide with a trip to Dresden for Walküre with Nagano, here is yet more evidence of the gold that lies in that beautiful cty. The Dresden Philharmonic under Janowski provide a stunning set […]
Rothko Chapel: Manchester Collective and SANSARA mesmerise
Rothko Chapel SANSARA; Manchester Collective. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, 05.05.2024 Pärt Solfeggio (1963) Scelsi Latin Prayers: Ave Maria (1972) Isobel Waller-Bridge No, 9 (2024, World Premiere) Katherine Balch songs and inteludes (2024, World Permiere) […]
Evolving with the Orchestra: composer Robin Haigh on his recent orchestral works
The Irish/British composer Robin Haigh is having a busy year with performances of all four of his major orchestral works. Jessica Cottis conducts Luck, his trumpet concerto for Matilda Lloyd and Britten Sinfonia on the […]
Classical Archives Exclusive . . . A Conversation with Elīna Garanča
Elīna Garanča. Photo courtesy of the artist and BroadStage. Upcoming Concerts in the U.S. May 10, 2024, 7:30 P.M. BroadStage, Santa Monica, California. Elīna Garanča with Orchestra, Conducted by Karel Mark Cichon. BUY TICKETS AND […]
Fear No More: Brindley Sherratt’s remarkable disc
The recent Göttedämmung at the Royal Festival Hall was due to feature Brindley Sherratt as Hagen. It was not to be (although there was a luxury stand-in); in compensation, we have this remarkable disc for […]
A willingness to explore: Stéphane Fuguet on recording Monteverdi and Lully at Versailles with his ensemble, Les Épopées
Stéphane Fuguet & Les Épopées (Photo: Pascal Le Mée) In June 2024, harpsichordist, conductor and director, Stéphane Fuguet and his ensemble, Les Épopées are releasing their recording of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo on the Château de Versailles […]
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