It seems amazing to me that I have not yet featured any music by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho (born 1949). These three quartets date from 1967, 1970 and 1971; Aho’s First Symphony was born […]
This morning, BBC Radio 3 Unwind launched on BBC Sounds. Billed as a new 24/7 stream showcasing a broad and eclectic range of calming classical music, at first you wonder whether it might be entirely […]
It’s all change at the summits. Christoph Müller was named today as Intendant of the Settimane Musicali di Ascona, near Locarno. He joins new Intendant Daniel Hope at Gstaad and new boss Sebastian Nordmann at […]