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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.jpg.webp?w=670&resize=670,446&ssl=1 "Music in the Museum: London Transport Museum's Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum's gallery")
Starting today (14 February 2025) and running until 24 October 2025, the London Transport Museum’s Transported by Culture: Music presents a weekly programme of music in the museum’s gallery at 2pm every Friday, apart from holidays. The young musicians […]
The orchestra world has known for a while that the Baltimore Symphony is seething with unresolved conflict. The matter started when the concertmaster Jonathan Carney allegedly made a sexual advance to the principal oboist Katharine […]
The German film composer Hans Zimmer is in discussion with officials in Riyadh on a number of projects, including a reinstrumentation lof their national anthem. They must have really loved Dune. More here. The post […]
.webp?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Up Close and Musical: Shiry Rashkovsky's concert series to be first classical offering at The Amadeus, Maida Vale")
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "A meaty, not to say tough programme: Sakari Oramo, Guy Johnston & BBC Symphony Orchestra in Britten's Cello Symphony, Turnage premiere & Sibelius at the BBC Proms")
