We’re hearing from Warsaw that the Polish tenor Piotr Beczala changed his recital programme at the last minute to eliminate a group of Russian songs.
He said he was ‘furious’ at the deal the Russians and Americans are imposing on Ukraine.
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It is great to see attention falling on Welsh composer Grace Williams (1906-77). She was a pupil of Egon Wellesz and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The ever-enterprising Lyrita label released a fabulous compact disc of […]
Dear Alma You may remember I wrote to you a while back about losing my job in music teaching as a result of a ‘minor offence’ – which should not have warranted a bar to […]
A performance of her tape-and-orchestra piece from WDR. I find it rather beautiful. The post Saariaho’s delusions live on appeared first on Slippedisc.
