Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima
Fresh up on Youtube, the third concerto is one of Martha’s lifelong warhorses. Be amazed. The post Martha Argerich, 83 today, plays Prokofiev in Hiroshima appeared first on Slippedisc.
The next quartet to call it quits
It’s the Artis. Formed in Vienna, they have been playing together over four decades and have decided to take a rest. First violin Peter Schuhmayr tells slippedisc.com: ‘We think it is time to officially announce […]
Cleveland promotes youth conductor
The Cleveland Orchestra has upgraded Daniel Reith to Associate Conductor with immediate effect. He is presently Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, with around 100 middle and high-school musicians. The post Cleveland promotes […]
Getting ahead: Longborough Festival Opera gears up for next year.
Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Lee Bisset as Brünnhilde – Longborough Festival Opera, 2024 (Photo: Matthew Williams-Ellis) Thankfully, Longborough Festival Opera’s 2025 season continues under the guidance of their esteemed and long-standing music director, Anthony Negus, who, […]
Sensitive solo performances, youth choirs and with a rediscovery of the original orchestral sound: Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius from Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh, Nicky Spence
Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Nicky Spence, Andrew Foster-Williams, Anna Stéphany , Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Roar, Polish National Youth Choir, Gabrieli Players; Winged LionReviewed 3 June 2024 A profoundly satisfying and highly intelligent account, […]
Alastair Macaulay: Sarasota outdances Royal Ballet in Ashton
Frederick Ashton, from Sarasota 2024.iv.05 by Alastair Macaulay Since choreography presents dance in terms of time and space, its greatest achievements make us feels time and space as never before. Frederick Ashton (1904-1988), founder choreographer […]
Israel Phil mourns former principal percussion
The death has been notified of Kenneth Krohn, seen here jamming with Mehta and Perlman in the 1980s IPO. His last positions were Adjunct Professor of Percussion at Montgomery College, Maryland, and timpanist of the […]
Asia cancels Roth’s orchestra
Les Siecles have lost a November tour to Korea and Japan following ots conductor Francois-Xavier Roth’s suspension over indecent images. The local organisers ‘sincerely apologise’ for the inconvenience and promise ‘to do our best to […]
John Eliot Gardiner books comeback
The conductor, 81, plans to end his enforced sabbatical next month with a concert in Montpellier. He will conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in the south of France in Weber’s Oberon overture, Beethoven’s […]
Nicolas Hodges impresses in Messiaen’s Vingt Régards
Messiaen Vingt régards de l’enfant Jésus (1944) Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, 31.05.2024 The last time I heard Messiaen’s vast Jesus-oriented canvas was at Milton Court in 2016 (review), Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist, a […]
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