Peter Seabourne: Steps Vol 8: My Song in October, September, Just September; Karen Radcliffe, Michael Bell; Sheva ContemporaryReviewed 20 September 2024 A step in contemporary composer Peter Seabourne’s mammoth cycle of solo piano pieces, a touching […]
Jommelli – a celebration. Fflur Wyn (soprano); Ambroisine Bré (mezzo); Hugo Brady (tenor); The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, 18.09.2024 Ricimero, re de’ Gato: Vidi il mar tutto in procella Ezio: Se il […]
With two seasons to go before Gustavo Dudamel takes over as Music Director, the Philharmonic is hosting a parade of guest conductors. This week Ken-David Masur led a varied program curated by the orchestra’s musicians. […]
Reinis Zariņš (Photo: Andris Sprogis) Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš will be performing Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, a work for which he is becoming known, at the London Piano Festival, co-Artistic Directors Charles Owen […]
After yesterday’s post (Klassik unterim Hakenkreutz), this classic performance of Korngold seems relevant. Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) left Europe in the volatile mid-1930s and found fame in the US, specifically Hollywood (a fascinating upcoming disc […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Word of Mouth: Nordic Music Days comes to Glasgow as the festival leaves the Nordic region for only the 3rd time in its history")
Nordic Music Days was established in 1888 by the Council of Nordic Composers; curated by composers and creators, Nordic Music Days now presents almost entirely contemporary classical music and sound, featuring artists from Greenland, Iceland, […]
Music? You can’t destroy that … (Anita Lasker-Wallfisch) Christian Berger’s film, Musik unterm Hakenkreutz, a fascinating and disturbing documentary in equal parts, is dominated by the figure of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1923), who endured imprisonment […]
The Philharmonic’s first program of the 24-25 season opened with a sparkling account of Mozart’s genial Concerto No.14 with Emanuel Ax. Written in 1784, K449 is the first of his mature piano concertos and the […]
Jommelli: a celebration – Fflur Wyn, Ambroisine Bré, Ian Page, The Mozartists at Wigmore Hall (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) Jommelli – a celebration: Fflur Wyn, Ambroisine Bré, Hugo Brady, The Mozartists, Ian Page; Wigmore HallReviewed 18 […]
Contents: The Chosen: For What? by Hana Gubenko Foreign Masters: Max Volbers and Alexander von Heissen play music by foreign composers in Baroque England, by Colin Clarke The Chosen – for what? Who wouldn’t want […]
