The Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra is being flown out to play for the 2025 NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio, marking the 30th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords that ended the Balkan slaughter. They will […]
The death has been communicated of Teri Noel Towe, who claimed to be America’s oldest college DJ. He played classical music, mostly baroque, from a studio in Princeton. Terri was 76. The post Longest playing […]
The family of Peter Bassano has notified us of his unexpected death at the age of 79. Descended from a family of Venetian Jewish musicians who were brought to England by Henry VIII, Peter was […]
The death has been communicated of Paul Plishka, who made his Met debut in La Gioconda in 1967 and retired after La Boheme in January 2017. Paul, who was 83, was the grandson of Ukrainian […]
My Heart’s in the Highlands: traditional, Schumann, Stuart MacRae, Liza Lehmann, Hahn; Glen Cunningham, Anna Tilbrook; DELPHIANReviewed 5 February 2025 For his debut recital, the young Scottish tenor takes us back to the Highlands of […]
Our Mother – Rowan Pierce, Emma Kirkby, Alexandra Achillea Pouta – Figure at Stone Nest in 2024 (Photo: Kristina Allen) Following their performances of Our Mother, the staging of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater alongside music by […]
Vanessa Reed For 11 years, Vanessa Williams had significant impact on the British classical music scene as chief executive of the PRS Foundation. But since 2019, she has been President and CEO of New Music […]
Continuing our ongoing survey of the symphonies of Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960), we reach the richly complex Fourth symphony in C-Minor, Op. 39 of 1919. The subtitle is, in Swedish, “Från Havsbandet”; in English, “From the […]
Gustav Klimt The beginning of the 20th century was a febrile time in Viennese culture. It witnessed the fall of the Austro-Hungary empire, gave birth at the same time to the thinking of Sigmund Freud […]
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Beitain’s oldest orchestra, has appointed Vanessa Reed as its next chief executive, succeeding Michael Eakin who is retiring in June. Reed has been President and CEO of New Music USA since […]
