October 24, 2025
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Simon Rattle to conduct Venezuelan orchestra

Simon Rattle to conduct Venezuelan orchestra

Today’s season announcement by Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie features a triple offering: The self-confessed »Elphi« fan Sir Simon Rattle is set to return three times this season – conducting Mahler’s »Resurrection Symphony« with the Bavarian Radio Symphony […]

A TV record for the BBC Proms?

A TV record for the BBC Proms?

At last night’s Proms launch Suzy Klein (pic), director of classical music on BBC Television, announced that no fewer than 25 of the Proms will be televised. None or ten will be on the main […]

The Flying Dutchman finally makes land in Ireland

The Flying Dutchman finally makes land in Ireland

Wagner’s epic score for Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) brilliantly captures the vast scale of the story, from the stormy overture to the final scene of tragedy and redemption. Wagner himself considered this opera as marking the real beginning […]

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at Aix

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at Aix

Aix en Provence Easter Festival: Ogonek, R. Strauss, Prokofiev Renaud Capuçon (violin); Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Elim Chan (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix en Provence, France, 19.04.2025 Elizabeth Ogonek All These Lighted Things […]