The Songs of Thomas Pitfield: James Gilchrist, Nathan Williamson; Divine ArtReviewed 3 December 2024 Nearly 30 songs by a composer whose life almost spanned the 20th century. Full of lyrical impulse and often setting his […]
The deeply troubled Melbourne Symphony has called in consultants KPMG to see what went wrong. The chairman an d three other board members will step down. Richard Wrigley, former head of the BBC Philharmonic, has […]
The long-serving drivetime presenter has told listeners that this will be his last week, and Friday his final show. Sean Rafferty has been moving traffic on the classical channel since 1997. He made no secret […]
Described, accurately, by the notes as a “Parisian noir,” Il tabarro,” intended as the first of Puccini’s Trittico (a cycle of three opera designed to be performed in on evening).We reviewed the ENO incarnation of […]
The Excursions of Mr. Brouček is Janáček’s most overtly comic opera, the comedy essentially deriving from the confrontation of Mr Brouček with worlds beyond his limited imagination. The effect, however, is rather different in the […]
The Korean violist Sara Kim is leaving Leipzig to be professor of viola and chamber music in Bremen. Sara (pictured) starts in April. Ex-Bavarian Radio violist German Tcakulov is now viola professor at Salzburg’s Mozarteum […]
Message received: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced today an addition to the Walt Disney Concert Hall 2024/25 season: Gregory Alan Isakov with the LA Phil on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 8PM. This one-night-only […]
From Tracey Thorn’s column in the New Statesman: The morning of the US election result I sat down at the piano and tried to play some Beethoven. Bearing in mind that I haven’t played the […]
La Divina was born on December 2, 1923. In Manhattan, where else? Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos it said on the birth certificate. The post Maria Callas 101 appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Rudolf Kempe Society has announced the death of Cordula Kempe, widow of the conductor and Artistic Director of the Rudolf Kempe Society. Cordula was 81. She was a most cheerful advocate of her late […]
