Jack Bazalgette (Photo: Ehimetalor Unuabona) Since 2020, through the noise has programmed more than 130 classical music concerts in non-traditional venues using an innovative crowd-funding model to widen audience appeal [see my review of their recent […]
Music in the Midnight Sun – Toronto Symphony For many of us, the Arctic exists only as a fantasy of snow and polar bears and endangered icebergs. Ignorant as ever, I didn’t realise that people […]
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and other keyboard works; Bridget Cunningham; Signum ClassicsReviewed 20 May 2024 Demonstrating the 18th-century Britain had more than one distinguished harpsichord composer, this disc explores the engaging, complex and quirky […]
After five years with the biggest vacancy in the orchestral world, the Boston Symphony today presented Nathan Cole as its new concertmaster. He is presently first associate concertmaster with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. More follows. […]
The latest musicians to win public auditions for management are: Amiri Harewood (piano, pictured) Fibonacci Quartet (string quartet) James Morley (cello) The post Concert Artists/YCAT take on 3 more appeared first on Slippedisc.
We are hearing from members of the National Symphony Orchestra who are outraged at nhaving to accompany a concert by Killer Mike & The Mighty Midnight Revival. The official blurb reads: A never-before-seen concert experience! […]
The festival, which lost all of its staff six months ago, has named Jack Bazalgette as artistic director from 2o25. Bazalgette is a Hackney-based conductor who has worked as chorusmaster with the Prague Symphony Orchestra […]
This weekend saw record online sales for the 2024 Proms. The following concerts were the hottest tickets: First Night of the Proms conducted by Elim Chan (19 July), Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (20 […]
The 2024 Ryedale Festival runs from 12 to 28 July, featuring 58 performances in 35 locations including Castle Howard, Sledmere, Hovingham Hall, Selby Abbey and Ampleforth. The festival features seven world and UK premieres. The […]
The Italian festival director remembers better times with a fallen friend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Plácido Domingo (@placido_domingo) The post Bartoli celebrates Domingo appeared first on Slippedisc.
