Israel orchestras miss season start
The opening of the Haifa Symphony season was cancelled due to uninvited missiles from Hezbollah. The Israel Camerata Jerusalem is also maimed by the absence of soloist Matt Haimovitz, who was unable to get a […]
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Watch: Boston Mayor plays Rhapsody in Blue
The Boston Pops soloist this weekend was the city mayor, Michelle Wu. Yuja’s got some way to go. Wu 吳弭 said: It’s why I love this city: I had a wonderful time performing “Rhapsody in […]
Mourning for a viola master, 81
String players are mourning the sudden passing of Professor Yizhak Schotten, a former player in the Boston Symphony who went on to become principal viola of the Cincinnati and Houston symphony orchestras. Six years ago […]
Leonardo dreams of flying machines & Harriet Quimby flies across the English Channel: Dominic Ellis-Peckham & London Oriana Choir launch their 2024/25 season
London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir, musical director Dominic Ellis-Peckham, celebrated its 50th anniversary last season, and they are continuing the excitement with a 2024/25 season full of good things. The season […]
Beyond: Jakub Józef Orliński
This is Jakub Jósef Orliński’s sixth album for Erato, and his post follows on from Classical Explorer‘s recent musings on Orliński’s Gluck Orfeo, The group is once more Il Pomo d’Oro. So, why “Beyond”? Orliński […]
High-quality music-making & imaginative programming in the special natural setting of Exmoor & Dartmoor: I chat to Tamsin Waley-Cohen of the Two Moors Festival
Tamsin Waley-Cohen performing at the Two Moors Festival in 2022 Founded in 2001, the Two Moors Festival takes place each October in venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor. This year’s festival runs from 3 to 13 […]
Keir Starmer is listening to Shostakovich
In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he […]
New Release: Venus & Adonis, a New Song Cycle by Rodrigo Ruiz
We are great admirers of the young composer Rodrigo Ruiz. We last interviewed him for the Classical Archives blog back in March, 2021 on the occasion of his new release “Behold the Stars.” Rodrigo has […]
Danes cancel concerts for lack of cash
The Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen has cancelled concerts for the rest of 2024 in ‘a final attempt to secure the ensemble’s survival’. Founded in 1990, Athelas has been a beacon of contemporary music, Danish and international. […]
Label shock: Huge upgrade for Dickon Stainer
The head of Universal Classics and Jazz has been made Chairman and CEO of Universal Music UK. He replaces David Joseph, who is leaving after 17 years to pursue a Masters in Religion and Theology […]
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