Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

The indefatigable Herbert Blomstedt conducted Bruckner’s 9th symphony last night in Copenhagen. Danish Radio’s symphony orchestra say: ‘Yesterday we had the great honor of having 98 year old Herbert Blomstedt on the podium. With his […]

The BBC’s classical radio station has continued its recovery with a 10% increase year-on-year, today’s Rajar ratings show. Radio 3 reached 1.95m in the last quarter of 2024. A further 150,000 listeners joined its new […]

The death has been reported of Stephen Norrell, bass trombonist of the Metropolitan Opera from 1981 to 2018. He was a faculty member of Manhattan School of Music for 47 years and teacher to many […]