In today’s birthday honours, King Charles has bestowed well-deserved knighthoods on the church composer John Rutter and the outgoing BrittenPears chief Roger Wright, a former head of the BBC Proms and Radio 3.
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Newly uploaded: Boris Pigovat began writing his sonata for bassoon and piano in September 2023. The horrific attack of October 7 interrupted the creative process. The second movement was written months later, referencing the prayer […]
Andrés Salado has been appointed principal and artistic director of the Costa Rica National Symphony Orchestra, starting this month. Salado is presently in charge of Spain’s Extremadura Orchestra. The post Baton twirl: Costa Rica imports […]
The San Francisco Symphony has reported the death of its former bass player Charles Burrell who became the first African American member in a leading American orchestra. Burrell played five years in the SF Symphony […]
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