I spent nearly two weeks at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home, which brings performers, teachers, and students together, enabling music lovers to experience a wide range of musical activities while enjoying the beautiful […]
The Cleveland Orchestra has received a $5 million gift from the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation in support of the Kelvin Smith Family Chair held by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. Welser-Möst will step down when […]
Simon Callaghan and the Piatti Quartet at Conway Hall in December 2022 The 2024/25 season Conway Hall’s Sunday Concert series opens on 15 September 2024 when the Zoffany Ensemble returns to the hall with a […]
The widely admired Christoph Nel died on Monday, aged 80. Working mostly in Frankfurt, he also directed in Stuttgart, Hannover, Munich, Mannheim and Berlin. The post German opera director, RIP appeared first on Slippedisc.
Newly up on Youtube: Martha Argerich and friends. The post A moment of cool contemplation appeared first on Slippedisc.
The Greek musicologist and senior music critic George Leotsakos died this week, aged 89. Born in Athens, on the 9th of August 1935, he studied with composers Kostas Kydoniatis and Yannis Andreou Papaïoannou, graduating from […]
The UK-Australian pianist who was cancelled by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after making unacceptable remarks on the Gaza situation has issued this clarification through his PR agency: For clariy (sic), we are releasing the comments […]
You can now get excluded for carrying a flag related to ‘politics, hatred and advertising’. Seems to cover pretty much everything. The post BBC Proms tightens Last Night flags restriction appeared first on Slippedisc.
Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord, 2024: Bach Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (1724). Amelia Berridge (soprano); Sophia Faltas (mezzo); Tilman Lichdi (tenor); Klaus Mertens (bass); Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor / harpsichord). Église […]
Michael Morpurgo’s 1999 book Kensuke’s Kingdom might have very modern concerns with its bringing issues about care for the environment and the natural world into what is a traditional adventure story, but the new animated film […]
