Violin world mourns vital expert
The death of John Topham, just before Christmas, has been made known today. The funeral will be held on Monday January 20th at Carmountside Crematorium at 1pm. John Topham trained as a violin maker in […]
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Disaster: Arnold Schoenberg archive is destroyed in LA fires
A grim message from Larry Schoenberg, the composer’s son: In a heartbreaking turn of events, Belmont Music Publishers, the esteemed house exclusively dedicated to preserving and promoting the works of Arnold Schoenberg, has been tragically […]
Dear Alma, I’m an orchestra hostess
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I have an old friend who is on the substitute list for my orchestra. He comes in town a couple of times a year and I always put […]
Could this be LA Phil’s saviour?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Four months ago, I wrote about one of the least satisfying Shostakovich records I have ever heard, a performance where the conductor, a hyped young Finn, skied across […]
Italian opera chief, RIP
The death has been announced of Luciano Alberti, former artistic director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and of the Teatro Comunale in Florence. He was 94. He was also Professor of History of Music at […]
The idea of Greece: Robin Tritschler and Jonathan Ware in a wide-ranging recital from Schubert, Loewe & Wolf to Shostakovich, Dvorak, Berkeley & Ravel
Photo: Antonio Beato, 19th centuryBrooklyn Museum Greek Songs: Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Conradin Kreutzer, Ludwig Berger, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Lennox Berkeley, Ravel: Robin Tritschler, Jonathan Ware; Wigmore HallReviewed 8 January 2025 Composers different ideas of Greece from […]
The LSO’s three B’s: Boulez, Benjamin, Brahms
Pierre Boulez – Éclat George Benjamin – Interludes and Aria from ‘Lessons in Love and Violence’ (World Premiere) Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Boulez 100, Rattle 70: both nice and […]
Compare and contrast: Oistrakh, or Milstein?
Two of the most captivating violinists that ever drew bow across strings play the Beethoven concerto with the same conductor, the phlegmatic Sir Adrian Boult. Comparison does not get closer. The post Compare and contrast: […]
Time for three in Brahms
Newly uploaded, a fabulous account of the first piano trio by Janine Jansen and friends. The post Time for three in Brahms appeared first on Slippedisc.
Composer: I coulda been a flamenco dancer
The Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is the latest guest on David Krauss’s Speaking Soundly. David, who is principal trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera, sticks to musicians he knows well. His orchestra is about to play […]
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