We hear that the Precentor, Andy Trenier, was listed to preside and preach at Winchester Cathedral this morning but has stood down. We hear also that employment lawyers have been consulted. A long letter in […]
From my new essay in The Critic: The biggest noise to be heard in orchestral music is not the click and whirr of audience smartphones shooting TikTok clips in the slow movement. Nor is it […]
We understand that the entertaining Igudesman & Joo are about to announce their retirement from the stage at the end of next year. The violin-piano duo will have been performing together for two decades, which […]
The Ukrainian violinist Dmytro Udovychenko won the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels shortly after midnight.The first prize is worth 25,000 Euros. Second and third places went to Americans – Joshua Brown (20k) and Elli Choi(17k). […]
Giordano Andrea Chénier Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano. 30.05.2024 Production: Director – David McVicar Revival director – Thomas Guthrie Set designer – Robert Jones Costume […]
By Women, for Women: American Art Posters of the 1890s Click here to read Here’s a must-read article by Shannon Vittoria from the Met Museum’s Perspectives series about how women emerged as active creators of art […]
I’ve been on Pentatone’s case lately – for good reason. (Please see my blog for reviews.) However, this latest release is a bit different. And a lot better than what I’ve been hearing from the […]
Lord Byron on His Deathbed, by Joseph Denis Odevaere (c. 1826). An Evening of Don Juan: Emily Hazrati along with songs by Schubert, Elise Schmezer, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Ravel, Quilter, Walton, Maconchy, Barber, Britten, James MacMillan; […]
A disc of Preludes is not so unusual: but here there is no Chopin or Debussy in sight. Instead, Anton Arensky rubs shoulders with Rachmaninoff; Ravel meets Gershwin. I enjoyed Japanese pianist Yuki Negishi’s debut […]
Death and the Kings Horseman – Digital Theatre Click here to subscribe or rent Written by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka and inspired by a true story, this stunning play celebrates a community striving to uphold its […]
