Dear Alma, When can I get my stand back?
Dear Alma, I was wondering why there is this fad where musicians play orchestral music by heart. It brings nothing to the music! The musicians don’t get paid a soloist’s or a chamber music fee […]
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Orch moves: Scots timp heads to Ottawa
Paul Philbert, principal timpanist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra,has been appointed to the same position in the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada. He will take up the position next month, commuting between […]
The naked string quartet: a history
We have been chatting to Shasta Ellenbogen, a Canadian violist who founded a naked string quartet in Berlin, intermittently the talk of the town. They are serious musicians whose next dates are 23 and 30 […]
Where’s Boulez? On Naxos
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS) ***/** It’s a mark of how far Naxos have come under new ownership that a label which once churned out the complete […]
August? That’s the best of the Proms
From our critic in residence, Alastair Macaulay: How startling and how refreshing to read in a 2025 BBC Proms programme that Beethoven’s Choral Symphony, in its entirety, received only two Proms performances (in 1902 and […]
Suor Angelica and a Woman who Casts no Shadow: Proms 2025 continues its record of excellence
It used to be a fairly rare treat to hear Suor Angelica, but of late there have been a number of significant stagings. Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten is rarer still, at least on these […]
Ravishing delight: Rebecca Meltzer tells the story of Handel’s Semele with engaging clarity at Waterperry Opera with Hilary Cronin & Michael Lafferty
Handel: Semele – Hilary Cronin & ensemble – Waterperry Opera Festival (Photo: Jennifer Hawthorn) Handel: Semele; Hilary Cronin, Michael Lafferty, Sophie Goldrrick, Nathan Mercieca, Sarah Winn, director: Rebecca Meltzer, conductor: Bertie Baigent, Waterperry Opera Festival; […]
What it’s like to be chief conductor of an orchestra in Ukraine
Anna Starushkevych’s fascinating newsletter has produced a bulletin from Maestro Roman Dzundza of the Ivano-Frankivsk Philharmonic, ‘a mosaic of the cultural existence of a Ukrainian symphony orchestra’: The obvious challenges start with the orchestra’s budget […]
A hero’s life – from Ukraine
The Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra play Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben – in defiance of constant Russian threats. The post A hero’s life – from Ukraine appeared first on Slippedisc.
BBC Proms: A performance to treasure as Fabio Luisi & the Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrate their centenary with Beethoven, Bent Sørensen & Anna Clyne
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi – BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Bent Sørensen: Evening Land, Anna Clyne: The Years, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’; Clara Cecilie Thomsen, […]
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