Death of Met bass, 50 years on stage
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 […]
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My Heart’s in the Highlands: the debut recital from tenor Glen Cunningham mixes Stuart MacRae’s new songs with other composers with ‘Scotland in Mind’
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 […]
Side by Side: Figure return to Stone Nest with Baroque masterpieces contrasted with contemporary works
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, ground breaking former chief executive of PRS Foundation returns to UK as CEO of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
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 […]
For the Skerries: Alfvén, Symphony No. 4
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 […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Gustav Klimt and Art Nouveau
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 […]
Liverpool hires US-based CEO
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 […]
Franz Welser-Möst makes early return
A welcome message from the Cleveland Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra is pleased to announce that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst will return to Cleveland earlier than expected to lead an additional subscription week on February 27-28 […]
Orchestra returns to Damascus opera house
Works by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky were played at the first symphonic concert since the fall of the Assad regime. The conductor was the Syrian-Armenian Missak Baghboudarian. In the audience was health minister Maher al-Sharaa, brother of […]
The cello concerto by Austrian composer & contrabass virtuoso Johann Matthias Sperger gets its first modern performance
Schloss Ludwigslust where Johann Matthias Sperger was based from 1789 until his death(Photo: Matthias Süßen – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0) Johann Matthias Sperger (1750-1812) was a name that was new to me. He was […]
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