Cagney and Lacey This is such an enjoyable duet – the two stars of Cagney and Lacey having fun with a song from the wonderful musical, City of Angels, for charity, at the STAGE gala in 1999. City of […]
Julieth Lozano in rehearsal getting ready for her aerial moves…. Vache Baroque is celebrating its fifth anniversary by returning to its home, The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, to perform André Campra’s little-known opera, Le […]
I was very taken by the se of aviations by Pachelbel heard in France recently Gerard de Wit’s performance of a Chaconne (with 12 variations) from the collection Hexachordium Apollinis. This disc, volume 3 of Mahew […]
The University of North Texas has been embroiled of late in accusations of antisemitism and censorship. Now it’s trying to be oh-so-nice to everyone. Here’s how it announces an appointment: MUSIC THEORY PROFESSOR TO SIT […]
A fund-raiser has been created on behalf of John Shin, a US-educated violinist who plays with the Utah Symphony, Ballet West and other ensembles. He has been seized by immigration police, leaving his family frightened […]
Musica Aeterna has announced the detah of its concertmaster, Inna Prokopyeva-Rice. She will be laid to rest on Friday in St Petersburg. The group, formed by Teodor Currentzis with Russian state funding, posted this message: […]
The Beethoven Orchestra Bonn has extended its general music director Dirk Kaftan to 2032, by which time he will have put in 15 years. That will see them covered for the Beethoven bicentenary in 2027. […]
The Malmö Symphony Orchestra has appointed the Vienna Philharmonic concertmaster Rainer Honeck to be its Honorary Guest Conductor. The ‘honorary’ renders the title almost meaningless. He won’t have to do much. Honeck, 64, has been […]
PROMS 2025: Varèse, Thovaldsdottir, Ravel, Stravinsky Johannes Moser (cello); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Eva Ollikainen (conductor). Royal lbert Hall, 13.08.2025 Varèse Intégales (1924/25) Thorvaldsdottir Before We Fall (2024, UK premiere) Ravel Boléro (1928) Stravinsky Le sacre du primtemps (1911-13) […]
Mozart: Zaide – Lea Desandre, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Pygmalion – Salzburg Festival (Photo: SF/Marco Borrelli) Mozart: Zaide oder der Weg des Lichts, Sabine Devieilhe, Lea Desandre, Julian Prégardien, Daniel Behle, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Pygmalion, conductor: […]
