Mozart’s Idomeneo is regarded as his first mature opera, written for Munich in 1781. The subject may not have been Mozart’s choice but it represents the composers continuing engagement with Italian opera seria, a style that […]
Robert and Clara Schumann Schumann: Eichendorff Liederkreis, Clara Schumann: Gedichte aus Rückerts Liebesfrühling, Brahms: Four Serious Songs; James Atkinson, Iain Burnside; Wigmore HallReviewed 6 January 2025 Young baritone James Atkinson used his rich, dark hued […]
The death has been announced of the leading Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran, at the age of 90. Ayla studied with David Oistrakh in Moscow in 1957-58 and played duets with him in concert. She also […]
The numbers are in at the Erl winter festival in Tyrol and the backers are happy. When the curtain dropped last night, 94 percent of tickets had been sold, more than ever before. What counted […]
The conductor, 97, gives a reflective interview to Markus Thiel. Sample quotes: There is so much wonderful music that I would like to perform and that could change me. But you just don’t have that […]
Berlin’s Komische Oper has called off its summer production of the popular ex-DDR musical, ‘Mein Freund Bunbury’. They say: ‘We would like to start the year with some good news, but due to the austerity […]
We have been apprised of the passing of Jim Kjelland, director of orchestras and coordinator of strings from 1984 at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He was 76. Kjelland write several […]
The cellist has been given the all-clear by his doctors, six months after major surgery. He will give a thanksgiving concert in Lucerne on January 16 with longterm besties Martha Argerich and Janine Jansen. ‘And […]
The Czech National Theatre has started the year by replacing its chief conductor and chorusmaster. Out goes Andriy Yurkevych, ‘who is leaving the post for personal reasons’. Yurkevych, a Ukrainian, has been in the post […]
Meet Chloe Higgins. She has just won the principal tuba seat in the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, in Perth. Blow the winds, southerly. The post New Year, new tubist appeared first on Slippedisc.
