Two very rare videos from our archives.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of his death and no orchestra that he worked with – Berlin, Vienna, Philharmonia – has bothered to commemorate it.
Listen to this account of the Tannhäuser overture. Does any other conductor come close to his hypnotic grip?
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The Corporation of the City of London has named a new chief executive for the Babrican Centre after a yearlong search. The incoming CEO is Abigail Pogson, presently head of the Glasshouse in Gateshead and […]
The Spanish conductor Pablo González has joined the Maestro Arts agency in London. Until now, he has been Principal Conductor of Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, from 2019 to 2023, and Music Director of […]
This post forms the middle bit of a Porpora sandwich. Back in September (which feels ages ago now!) I covered Ncolai Porpora’s Iphigenie in Aulide at Bayreuth Baroque with Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques […]
