Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Metamorphosen, for strings alone, contemplates the world after the end of his world, in 1945. The post 80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Vienna Philharmonic has replaced an unwell Franz Welser-Möst in four concerts next weekend with Ivan Fischer. The programme is unchanged: Haydn’s 52nd, followed by Das Lied von der Erde. Minnesota Orchestra, too will have […]

Royal Conservatoire Scotland has fired its head of jazz, Professor Tommy Smith, after an investigation into allegations of a relationship with a first-year student, according to the Mail on Sunday. Smith is a formidable figure […]