Just in: UK’s top oboe steps down
The Britten Sinfonia has announced the retirement of kits foounding oboe Nicholas Daniel after 33 years. His co-principal Peter Facer will take on the full position. Nick, 63, says: At a time and at an […]
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Breaking: Wales cancels music degrees
Cardiff University announced today that it is cutting 400 jobs, closing the school of nursing and getting rid of numerous degree courses in the humanities. Among the subjects to be axed is music. The music […]
Exclusive: Top pianist is hit by a car
Last Saturday morning, the British pianist Paul Lewis had finished his shopping at Tesco’s superstore in Amersham and was heading off to rehearse Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for […]
The most selfless recital I’ve ever heard
In April 2023 we reported that the Putin police had broken up a Shostakovich and Weinberg recital by Polina Osetinskaya, a pianist who spoke out against the Ukraine invasion. Since then, Polina has struggled to […]
William Vann & the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital return to the studio for more Elgar gems on SOMM
Elgar wrote a remarkable amount of choral music ranging from the small-scale to the huge oratorios. Most choral singers will be familiar with his remarkable unaccompanied choral gems, Owls and There is Sweet Music, but […]
From the London Eye to the Northern Lights: BBC Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century
The London Eye (Photo: Diego Delso, Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0) On Saturday 25 January, BBC Radio 3 launched 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century, its sequence of 25 commissions celebrating and commemorating some of […]
Are you ready for Palentine?
It’s the new Valentine’s Day. Equal opportunity chocolates and roses. Palentine’s Day. Not a typo. Not to be confused with anything else on the news. From a classical station’s promo: Forget the card and chocolates, […]
Drowsy ClassicFM turns to the Mad Men
The ailing easy-listening station has splashed out on a cross-media advertising campaign in a bid to boost droopy ratings. Classic has created a TV ad to be shown on primtetime ITV shows and during England’s […]
Kennedy Center chief: I’m not retiring
Deborah Rutter, in a letter to colleagues in the music business, has made it clear that when she leaves the Kennedy Center at the end of this year she does not plan to hang up […]
LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez
LSO Futures: Homage to Pierre Boulez Debussy, Neuwirth, Arcaro, Agar, Boulez London Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Barbican Hall, 26.01.2025 Debussy Trois Images pour Ochestre (interspersed) Neuwirth Tombeau II Hommage à Pierre Boulez (World premiere, LSO […]
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