King Charles chooses Errollyn. Good call?
The order was published this morning: His Majesty The King has appointed Ms Errollyn Wallen CBE as Master of the King’s Music; the first appointment to this role of his reign. Wallen, 66, succeeds Dame […]
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Myra Hess remembers her debut with Beecham
An extremely rare interview with the grande dame of British pianism, heroine of the Blitz. She also talks of making false crescendos to mask the noise of flying bombs. ‘When the bomb went away, I […]
AI gets to work on a lifelike new Bach portrait
Using the famous oil painting by E. G. Haussmann from 1748 as starting point, Iranian artist Hadi Karimi has created a high-resolution, photorealistic, 3D model of Bach’s face. During the post-production phase of the film, […]
Top guitarist dies, 60
The death has been announced of Russell Malone, a prodigious jazz guitarist who worked with many leading artists, latterly with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall. The post Top guitarist dies, 60 appeared first on […]
NY judge slaps down Netrebko vs Met case
From the AP: Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera was narrowed to gender discrimination claims by a federal judge, who agreed to dismiss the star soprano’s allegations of defamation, breach of contract and discrimination […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Rembrandt: Restoring a Masterpiece
Look again: European Paintings—Rembrandt, Restoring a Masterpiece Here’s another of those ‘behind the scenes at the museum’ videos that I love so much. This one has curator Adam Eaker and conservator Dorothy Mahon as […]
Job of the Week: The church that lost all its organists …
… remember this? … is advertising for a peculiar new position: St Albans Cathedral exists to glorify God and, inspired by the witness of Alban, proclaim Christ’s message of love St Albans Cathedral is seeking […]
Putin martyr’s last recital
This is believed to be the final recital given by Pavel Kushnir, who died in prison for criticising Putin. The recital took place in the Kurgan Philharmonic Hall in 2021. The next soloist in the […]
There is music in the wars around us
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: I am generally resistant to albums that impose an external theme on unrelated pieces of music from different places and times. In this case, it is eastern Europe, […]
Gender benders in the Black Forest
Slippedisc, courtesy of OperaVision, travels to a European festival that is something of a hidden gem: Rossini in Wildbad in Germany’s Black Forest. Friday night’s production of Rossini’s sparkling medieval ballad, Le Comte Ory, includes […]
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