Epic and majestic, Titanic:The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams. Based on the real people aboard the legendary ship, Titanic:The Musical is a stirring portrait […]
Volksoper director Lotte de Beer claims that a quarter of her audience is under 30. In the coming season, announced this morning, she’s pitching for pink Euros with a Pride Week Fledermaus in June 2026. […]
Dear Alma, I am a graduate assistant at a college which offers lessons to any student who signs up. One of my students isn’t exactly tone deaf (she can sing and match pitches), but she […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has never matched the first in public appeal or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s sixtieth birthday, at a concert where […]
Try this extraordinary Harmony of the Spheres by the Dutch composer Joep Franssens, a synthesist of choral styles from Bach to Ligeti. Just glorious sounds from the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor […]
Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ was reserved for centuries for the Sistine Chapel, until modern media got involved. The post St Paul’s takes on the Sistine Chapel appeared first on Slippedisc.
A delightful and surprising short film. The post My violin kid wants to get to Harvard appeared first on Slippedisc.
You have now. The recording dates from 1929. The post Ever heard Bartok play Scarlatti? appeared first on Slippedisc.
From ABC News: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KABC) — Violin teacher Constance Meyer of Beverly Hills had a nagging cough for nearly two years. But a parent of one of her students thought it was something more […]
Our chief critic has spent his week profitably: by Alastair Macaulay Among London’s several high-prestige concert halls, none matches the Wigmore Hall for its particle gift of wrapping its audience up into its performers’ music-making. […]
