Katharina Wagner’s parting message last night at the closing of the Bayreuth Festival 2024 was: The entire Festspielchor must re-audition. The existing Festspielchor has been disbanded. The Festspiele will hold auditions on around 10 weekends […]
Dvorák: Cello Concerto – Anastasia Kobekina, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hruša – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Suk: Asrael Symphony; Anastasia Kobekina, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrůša; BBC Proms at the […]
The music of English composer Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) has been featured several times on Classical Explorer: Opalescence: Piano and Chamber Music of Ruth Gipps; her Clarinet Concert on a cracker of a disc from Robert […]
The Minnesota Orchestra, which is losing its prez to Dallas, has offered the job on an interime basis to the veteran Brent Assink. He was executive director of the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson […]
Arthur Bliss: Works for Brass Band; Black Dyke Band, John Wilson; ChandosMalcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band; Foden’s Band, Choir of Chetham’s School of Music, Michael Fowles; BeckusReviewed 24 August 2024 Two discs focussing on […]
press release: Anthony Roth Costanzo, the star countertenor who took the helm as General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia on June 1, announced today that all tickets for every performance in the 2024-2025 Season […]
Michael Heaston was promoted yesterday to Deputy General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera. Heaston was hired five years ago as artistic administrator in place of Jonathan Friend. Now he’s just a heartbeat away from the […]
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The world’s largest festival of Indian classical music (outside India) returns to the Barbican Centre from 24 to 27 October 2024 when Darbar Festival presents the finest international and UK Indian classical musicians with a […]
Eugène Delacroix: Liberty Leading the People – painted to commemorate the 1830, July Revolution Berlioz’ Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale was written in 1840 to be performed by a huge military band as part of […]
The British composer, who died yesterday, gave a long interview about the contributions of his father and other immigrants to the evolution of music in Britain and elsewhere. The post Alexander Goehr: The […]
