Arts Council England: We’re still failing
Ten days ago, we reported that the grants-giving portal at ACE had shut down and no-one was getting any money. Today, we’ve seen a message (below) saying it is still not repaired. The ACE has […]
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Air France says a standard cello case is 4cm too long
Message from the South African cellist Peter Martens, a member of the Capetown Philharmonic: Unfortunately, not everyone has the money to buy a seat for their cello even though it may be valuable. Mine is […]
A Boston opera wins top prize at Cannes
John Aylward’s opera film “Oblivion” has won the Best Musical Film award at Cannes World Film Festival. Aylward, a Boston composer and librettist, had intended his work for the live stage. But Covid intervened and […]
US composer: Kennedy Center reflects Trump’s low-base America to itself
A reaction to the Trump awards from the composer and pianist David Chesky: Once upon a time—say, in 1978—the Kennedy Center Honors were a kind of secular cathedral service for American genius. Marian Anderson, Fred […]
Concertgebouw chills out in corporate style
The orchestra is slurping it up. From today’s corp-speak press release: The Magnum Ice Cream Company, formerly known as Unilever Ice Cream, is proud to become a global partner of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, joining […]
A disused 7-Eleven store is retuned for chamber music
From WBEZ Chicago: “It’s pretty unrecognizable,” said Seth Boustead of Access Contemporary Music. “The door dings when you walk in, like a 7-Eleven — we left that.” This is so exciting. Read on here. For […]
L’Itinéraire (1): Divertimento al cimbalo (Haydn and Mozart)
Itinéraire baroque en Périgord 2025: L’Itinéraire (2): Divertimento al Cembalo Accademia Strumenale Italiana; Église Saint Pierre et Saint Paul de Blanzaguet Saint Cybard, France, 02.08.2025 Haydn Divertimento in C, Hob..XV:C1 (published London, 1772) Mozart Divertimento […]
Yehudi Menuhin: ‘I fiddled my way through life’
From the great man’s maiden speech in the House of Lords in 1993, newly uploaded on Youtube. ‘Music is the one art,’ he says, ‘that can create order out of chaos.’ The post […]
Academic argues that Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is antisemitic
From a new essay in the Music Quarterly by Joseph N. Straus of the City University of New York. I find the article objectionable from the opening sentence on. Almost every assertion can be challenged, […]
Trump to host Kennedy honors: no classical talent
The US president has agreed to host the 2025 Kennedy Center honors. Usually there is one token classical or opera recipient – Martha Argerich, Renee Fleming or the like. Not this year. The 2025 […]
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