A concert at the Teatro Maggio Musicale to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death was cancelled due to a general strike of public workers across Italy.
Politics came first.
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Vaughan Williams had a great fondness for Shakespeare and settings of Shakespeare’s texts thread their way through the composer’s life, from the songs The Willow Song (1897), and Orpheus With His Lute (1903), to the larger scale Serenade to […]
DG have uploaded a new music video of Maria Joao Pires, who turned 80 this week. The post A piece of Pires appeared first on Slippedisc.
Mahler – Symphony No. 3. Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano); Tiffin Choirs Children’s Choir; London Symphony chorus; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15 January, 2025 The Simón Bolivar Symphony […]
