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Eleven artists were honoured as this year’s winners of the Aga Khan Music Awards which were held in London for the first time Pitting the cello, as lone climber, against the heavens-touching vastness of mountains, Belfast-based composer Anselm McDonnell’s new cello concerto premieres in Dublin York-based music charity, the Richard Shephard Music Foundation celebrates its most successful year to date. Handel’s “Partenope” at ENO Battleship Potemkin: The Pit Orchestra celebrates the film’s centenary with its own innovative score

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Slipped Disc November 30, 2024

Concertmaster, 91

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The Zagreb Soloists have announced the death of their long serving concertmaster, Tonko Ninić.

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Slipped Disc August 30, 2024

Ruth Leon recommends… England on Fire – BalletBoyz

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England on Fire – BalletBoyz Click here for subscription tv tickets BalletBoyz bring together a kaleidoscopic group of some of the UK’s hottest talent for their most daring and politically charged production yet. With stunning […]

Slipped Disc August 26, 2025

Bayreuth hits 98 percent

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The Bayreuth Festival has closed on 98.1 percent season capacity, exceeding expectations after an initial slow tocket sale. Some 56,000 people attended the 29 performances. The post Bayreuth hits 98 percent appeared first […]

London premiere of Hummel's oratorio The Crossing of the Red Sea, which lay undiscovered in the British Library until 2004

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London premiere of Hummel’s oratorio The Crossing of the Red Sea, which lay undiscovered in the British Library until 2004

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel is known as much for being a pupil of Mozart and Haydn as for his actual music. A virtuoso pianist himself, he wrote a significant amount of piano music but there is […]