Two maestros with their babies
Daniele Rustioni and Dalia Stasevska meet up on a London park bench for the family-friendly Proms. Amazing how the maestro world has changed in our time. I had a little reflection on it with Simon […]
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Haydn’s Die Schöpfung: a Dresden creation
This is a stunningly beautiful Creation (it is sung in German, so properly, Schöpfung). The city of Dresden is a jewel in Germany’s crown, so full of rich music and projects (witness the ongoing authentic-instrument […]
A festival for and of its local community: Sir James MacMillan’s The Cumnock Tryst celebrates its 10th birthday with five days of events in the East Ayrshire town
This year, the Cumnock Tryst is presenting five days of events to celebrate its 10th birthday. Founded by composer Sir James MacMillan, the festival runs from 2 to 6 October 2024. MacMillan, who grew up […]
Tchaikovsky gets Browned off
The standard work on the Russian composer for the past four decades has been the four-volume study by David Brown, an English musicologist at the University of Southampton. Brown was a proponent of the narrative […]
Solti cellist retires
From the Chicago Symphony: The CSOA family congratulates CSO cello Loren Brown on his retirement. Brown joined the Orchestra under Music Director Sir Georg Solti in 1985. Across his CSO tenure, he was a soloist […]
Pro-Pal pianist gets a slot on Australia’s ABC
The anti-Israel propagandist Jayson Gillham, who caused a crisis at the Melbourne Symphony, is telling his followers: I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has shown support over the past week. Your […]
New Jersey gets a concert hall
The New Jersey Symphony, a peripatetic orchestra, has been given a 30-year lease on a new Jersey City hall with 550 seats. The venue is owned by the city and the gift comes at a […]
Responses to Thomas Hardy: composer Arthur Keegan’s complex web of music new and old, atmospherically performed by Lotte Betts-Dean, James Girling & Ligeti Quartet
The Past & I: 100 years of Thomas Hardy; Arthur Keegan: Elegies for Emma and String Quartet No. 1 ‘Elegies for Tom’, Derek Holman, Muriel Herbert, Britten, Imogen Holst, Gurney, Robin Milford, Finzi, Kerry Andrew; […]
Chicago mourns its music seller
The violist Lee Newcomer, owner of Performer’s Music over four decades, has died, his friends report. His store was the best meeting place for musicians in the city. During Covid, Lee raised $40k in donations […]
TAR cellist is cast again
The UK-German cellist Sophie Kauer, who gave a credible performance of the Elgar concerto in the Todd Fields film Tar, has landed another screen role. Sophie will play one of two sisters in Jaclyn Bethany’s […]
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