Masters of Wit
Composer and pianist Louis Mander, fresh from the premiere of his opera The Waves (inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel) at the Oslo Opera Festival, is joining forces with narrator Zeb Soanes and tenor Will Diggle for an […]
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Eternity In An Hour: a unique reimagining of the Bhagavad Gita
ETERNITY IN AN HOUR – Jess Dandy and Keval Shah by Clare Park On Tuesday 15 October at Oxford International Song Festival, contralto Jess Dandy and pianist Keval Shah will give the world premiere of […]
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Here be monsters: Music in the Round presents Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze
Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze was commissioned and first performed in 2015 by the Berlin Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. A modern re-telling of the myth of the Minotaur (there is […]
Valery Gergiev builds concert hall in his home town
It has emerged that the all-poweful chief of the Bolshoi and the Mariinsky has ordered a 500-seat concert hall in his home town of Vladikavkaz, in northern Ossetia. The hall was constructed in an abandoned […]
A focus on the flute: London Handel Players in a group of cantatas Bach wrote in 1724 with virtuoso flute parts
Pierre-Gabriel BuffardinPrincipal flautist in the Hofkappelle in Dresden Bach: Cantatas BWV94, BWV114, BWV8, Buffardin: Flute Concerto in E minor; Hilary Cronin, Clint van der Linde, Charles Daniels, Edward Grint, Rachel Brown, London Handel Players, Adrian Butterfield; […]
Jonny is the only musician in 2024 MacArthur Fellows
The violinist Jonny Gandelsman of New Paltz, NY, has been granted a MacArthur Fellowship for ‘reimagining classical works and nurturing the creation of new music across styles and genres’. The Moscow-born artist receives a $800,000, […]
Watch: Opera singers perform Therezin lullaby under Iran missiles
A group of singers rehearsing an October 7 memorial concert were forced to take shelter yesterday in the basement of the Israel Opera as 181 ballistic missiles from Iran rained down. Underground, they carried on […]
Israel Phil calls off gala opening
The orchestra has informed patrons that its season-opening concerts last night and today in Tel Aviv are off ‘in vew of the extreme security situation’. The concerts featured Mendelssohn’s violin concerto with Maxim Vengerov and […]
Cleveland abolishes faculty senate, promises ‘shared governance’
A message to faculty from board chair Susan Rothman announced the replacement of the faculty senate with a ‘transitional faculty council’, comprising five teachers and three administrators. This, she pledges, is a step towards shared […]
Toronto chairs steps down after 8-year turnaround
Catherine Beck has decided to draw a line under her vigorous eight-year chairmanship of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. CEO Mark Williams said: ‘Cathy’s leadership has been remarkable. During her tenure, the Board hired our extraordinary […]
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