Death of Irony: Meet the Alma Mahler Philharmonic
Just when you think history cannot be rewritten any more than it already has been, meet the Vienna orchestra that has taken the name of a composer’s widow. Yes, we know Alma claimed she, too, […]
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Maxim Emelyanychev celebrates 7 seasons with Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a year that includes new music by Jay Capperauld, Helen Grime, Jörg Widmann and Magnus Lindberg
Maxim Emelyanychev and Scottish Chamber Orchestra Amazingly, 2025/26 will be Maxim Emelyanychev’s seventh season as principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and he will be presenting ten programme with the orchestra during the season, along […]
Up close and personal: David Butt Philip & Friends Gala at St Paul’s Opera, Clapham
David Butt Philip & Friends Gala – David Butt Philip – St Paul’s Opera, Clapham‘Falke, falke, du wiedergefundener’ from Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten David Butt Philip & Friends Gala: Bizet, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, […]
London Philharmonic turns to Jesus
The London Philharmonic Orchestra has appointed Jesús Herrera to succeed Elena Dubinets as Artistic Director from June 2025. He joins the Orchestra from Intermusica, where he has been Director, Creative Partnerships & Projects. Prior to […]
Cellist gets bumped by Dutch airline
The French cellist Astrig Siranossian has posted: ‘Today, at Paris Orly Airport, for a Paris-Berlin flight operated by Transavia, I was sadly surprised to be denied access to the plane with my cello, despite having […]
Premieres from Gavin Higgins’ and Arthur Bliss, rare Michael Tippett, Eric Whitacre in residence: Ryedale Festival 2025
Ryedale Festival at Lastingham Church The Ryedale Festival is in its 44th year and under the guidance of pianist Christopher Glynn, returns from 11 to 27 July 2025 for 57 performances in 33 spectacular locations […]
Pure enjoyment: Peter Moore & Tredegar Band give the first recording of Simon Dobson’s concerto for Moore alongside works paying tribute to trombonists like Arthur Pryor, Don Lusher & Tommy Dorsey
Arthur Pryor, Gordon Langford, Phoebe Palmer Knapp, Erik William Gustav Leidzén, George Bassman, Simon Dobson, Philip Sparke; Peter Moore, Tredegar Band, Ian Porthouse; Chandos RecordsReviewed 28 March 2025 Trombonist Peter Moore joins forces with Tredegar […]
BBC shuts two orchestral posts
We hear that two string players in the BBC Philharmonic have been persuaded to take voluntary redundancy after complaining of noise related hearing damage. Both stepped down with reluctance. And neither job is to be […]
BBC shuts two orchestral posts
We hear that two string players in the BBC Philharmonic have been persuaded to take voluntary redundancy after complaining of noise related hearing damage. Both stepped down with reluctance. And neither job is to be […]
Opera chief is arrested for propositioning boys
From the Santa Fe New Mexican: Charles MacKay, who led the Santa Fe Opera for a decade as its general director, was arrested March 21 in Powell, Wyo., after he was accused of propositioning two […]
