English pianist, 83
The death has been made known of the versatile and personable pianist Marlene Fleet, who died yesterday at the age of 83. The latter part of her career was marred by rheumatoid arthritis. Marlene gave […]
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Lieder, songs and sonnets: David Butt Philip in Vaughan Williams, Alma Mahler, Wagner & Britten at Wigmore Hall
David Butt Philip (Photo: Andrew Staples) Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alma Mahler, Wagner, Britten: David Butt Philip, James Baillieu; Wigmore HallReviewed 15 June 2025 In a rare song recital, the dramatic tenor explores a remarkably diverse […]
Salonen in San Francisco: The End
Message received overnight: Esa-Pekka Salonen concluded his tenure as SF Symphony Music Director on a transcendent note, conducting Mahler’s Second Symphony with soprano Heidi Stober, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, & the SF Symphony & Chorus. The […]
Nicola Benedetti joins Classic FM
The violinist and Edinburgh Festival chief will present a six-part Froday-night series on the commercial station this summer. Titled ‘The Truth About Classical Music with Nicola Benedetti’, it echoes the festival’s theme, ‘The Truth We […]
Paris talks of tearing down the Bastille
The troubled opera house, inaugurated in 1989 as a model of modernity, is scheduled to shut for three years from 2030 because it is falling apart. The stage is on the verge of collapse. The […]
The orchestra with broken instruments
There appear to be a new release of a 2021 documentary about an orchestra of Israelis and Palestinians in which all the instruments have been retrieved from dumps or are broken almost beyond repair. The […]
They are still playing piano at the damaged Weizmann Institute
Despite a strike by an Iranian missile on Israel’s premier scientific research centre, students and professors are making the most of what’s left. This is the most Israeli thing I’ve seen. Taken at the Weizmann […]
Maria João Pires: I shall be away for a while
The much-loved Portuguese pianist, who suffered a small stroke last week, has posted this message (with picture): Dear friends, I regret to inform you that I will have to step away from the stage for […]
Dream Differently: A danced version of Christopher Isherwood, new Sufi music, Mussorgsky with Chinese traditional instruments at the Manchester International Festival
Under the title of Dream Differently, Manchester International Festival is taking over Aviva Studios and spreading across the city from 3 to 20 July 2025 with a wide selection of boundary pushing art and culture. Director and […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, the composer’s first foray into opera.")
The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, the composer’s first foray into opera.
Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends – Lotte Betts-Dean, Marcus Farnsworth – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends; Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, Gary Matthewman, director […]
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