Slipped Disc

The death has been made known of Clas Pehrsson, a pioneer of flute repertoire on both baroque and modern instruments. He was 83. Many of his recordings are to be found on BIS. He was […]

Message received: Salzburg, June 26, 2025 The return of the Berliner Philharmoniker – the festival’s founding orchestra in 1967 – marks a very special festival season in Salzburg in 2026 and, with the Be Phil […]

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, based in San Francisco, has named Peter Whelan as its next music director. Whelan, 47, will take up the baton a year from now. He succeeds Richard Egarr. Meantime, he will […]

The death has been announced of Sue Anderson, a regular performer on Broadway and Pops conductor with many leading orchestras, including the London Philharmonic. She had suffered from cancer for a long while. Am ong […]

The Opus Klassik awards are so diffuse it is hard to tell who comes out top and who’s got the going-home present. There are four awards, for instance, for Young Talent of the Year. What, […]

A massive cut has been made in state and local subsidies for the lake-top Bregenz Festival at the western edge of the Austrian republic. In a cooordinated triple-whammy, the centreal govenment, region and the town […]

An insider tells us that the WNO orchestra will open next season without: A Leader Principal second violin ( long-term maternity leave) ANY double-basses Principal flute Second clarinet Second trumpet Second trombone Timpanist There are […]

Message from the Russian soprano’s people: Anna Netrebko is unfortunately obliged to withdraw from her two performances of Aida at the Arena di Verona this summer for personal reasons. “I sincerely regret the inconvenience this […]

The death has been announced of Albert Llanas Rich, a leading Catalan composer whose work was performed by international orchestras. Albert was 67. Sequences for Orchestra , which won the City of Barcelona Prize, is […]

The excellent Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan has been loaned the famed ‘Kiesewetter’ violin, made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona around the year 1724. The loan was made through the Stretton Society, which places prestige instruments […]