Wanda Landowska met Manuel de Falla in Paris in 1910.
Sixteen years later, he sent her a concerto for harpsichord and five instruments.
Ever heard it?
Mahan Esfahani is bringing it back to attention.
Get some in.
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The much-recorded Valerie Tryon passed 90 last month without fuss. She has lived in Canada since 1976 and is being celebrated this week at a concert at McMaster University. Details here. The post An English […]
Wolf-Ferrari’s short opera is perfect for a one-night coupling, as Opera Holland Park have proved both this year, with Pagliacci (review), and, in 2019, with Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta (review). Susanna’s secret? As you can see from […]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti – Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borelli) Schubert: Symphony No. 4 ‘Tragic’, Bruckner: Mass in F minor; Ying Fang, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, William Thomas, Konzertvereinignung Wiener Staatopenchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo […]
