Keyboard Trust founder dies at 99
John Leech who, with his wife Noretta Conci, created the Keyboard Charitable Trust, died on Friday a week ago at the age of 99. He received a private family funeral. The Keyboard Charitable Trust helps […]
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England’s northeast loses its classical store
A reader informs us that Windows in Newcastle, an outstanding record shop with a colossal stock of classical CDs, has closed after 115 years as a purveyor of good music. Shops like Windows will never […]
Man shot dead over music
From the wires: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFOR) – A man is dead, and another was detained after his wife said he was shot and killed in a dispute over loud music in Florida on Thanksgiving. […]
Bridgerton composer presents first concerto
From Texas Classical Review: A new American violin concerto was paired with a popular Czech evergreen in the post-Thanksgiving concert of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra led Markus Poschner Friday night. The latter work was For […]
Where did you put my hat, dear?
A domestic moment as Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak rehearse Fedora in Geneva. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Roberto Alagna (official) (@robertoalagna.tenor) The post Where did you put my hat, dear? […]
Watch: A tribute to Ben Luxon by Dame Janet, Sir Tom, Sir Bryn and more…
The great Cornish baritone died in July this year, aged 87. Friends and colleagues gathered this week at the Wigmore Hall to remember him. Speakers include Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Bryn Terfel, […]
Set The Wild Echoes Flying: Pip Eastop’s remarkable take on Britten
Every horn player knows Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings. One of that composer’s most beautiful, and cogent, pieces, it often sends tingles of dread in the bravest of hornists; it was, after […]
Pianist sues composer over sexual allegations
The legal battle continues between pianist Nomi Abadi and Hollywood composer Danny Elfman over remarks he made about their failed relationship in a Rolling Stone interview. Here’s the background. And here‘s the latest legal state […]
A music professor dies after allegation of sexual misconduct
Our attention has been drawn to this incident in Texas, six months ago. It has been mentioned in a discussion on slippedisc.com concerning the dissemination of unchecked abuse allegations against named musicians. In this instance, […]
Ruth Leon recommends…. Barbara Cook – Till There Was You – The Music Man
Barbara Cook Someone who was definitely flesh and blood was the great Barbara Cook. Her creamy effortless lyric soprano led the original casts of many musicals of the 1950s and, when she was no longer […]
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