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Over the Rainbow Until my friend Julian brought him to my attention I hadn’t realised that Dave Lee, a legendary pianist, composer, and musical director was still with us. But he is. At 98 he […]

The death of John Topham, just before Christmas, has been made known today. The funeral will be held on Monday January 20th at Carmountside Crematorium at 1pm. John Topham trained as a violin maker in […]

A grim message from Larry Schoenberg, the composer’s son: In a heartbreaking turn of events, Belmont Music Publishers, the esteemed house exclusively dedicated to preserving and promoting the works of Arnold Schoenberg, has been tragically […]

From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I have an old friend who is on the substitute list for my orchestra. He comes in town a couple of times a year and I always put […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Four months ago, I wrote about one of the least satisfying Shostakovich records I have ever heard, a performance where the conductor, a hyped young Finn, skied across […]

The death has been announced of Luciano Alberti, former artistic director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and of the Teatro Comunale in Florence. He was 94. He was also Professor of History of Music at […]

Two of the most captivating violinists that ever drew bow across strings play the Beethoven concerto with the same conductor, the phlegmatic Sir Adrian Boult. Comparison does not get closer. The post Compare and contrast: […]

Newly uploaded, a fabulous account of the first piano trio by Janine Jansen and friends. The post Time for three in Brahms appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is the latest guest on David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly. David, who is principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, sticks to musicians he knows well. His orchestra is about to play […]

Daniel Harding, a part-time Air France pilot, flew the Santa Cecilia orchstra from Rome to Paris, pausing to take a New York Times crew on board – just for the record. In the cabin, the […]