The Amsterdam concert hall surprised its Sunday-morning soloist today with the award of a long-service medal. Ronald Brautigam had just finished the third Beethoven piano concerto with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra when General manager Simon […]
From a brilliant FT column by mathematician Tim Harford: Mozart and Haydn were composing string quartets a quarter of a millennium ago, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Since then, the scale of […]
The Joachim violin competition has a rotten record in producing winners. Over 33 years, it has failed to deliver a world-conquering soloist. For several years, as we documented on slippedisc.com, the competition was dominated by […]
The jury, without revealing the proportions of their split, divided the first prize in Hanover last night between Angela Chan, 27, from Hong Kong and the 19-year-old Canadian Jacques Forestier. The Canadian came away with […]
Nordic Soundscapes: Sigfúsdóttir, Grieg, Sibelius Stephen Hough (piano); Johanna Eusanen (soprano); Tommi Hakala (baritone); YL Male Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Mathias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.09.2024 María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir Oceans (2018, London […]
Composer John Adams made this event of modern history the subject of his first opera. Premiered in 1987, this a mesmerising work in which the pulsations and repetitions typical of minimalism are combined with melodic […]
The Lightest Element Imagine you’re a Cambridge Doctoral candidate of surpassing brilliance. It’s 1925. You’ve made a scientific discovery that will turn the world of astronomy on its ear and you’ve written it up as […]
This disc mysteriously showed up in my mailbox one day. I didn’t order it; and no one had contacted me about sending a promo copy. Not really interested in it, I laid it aside and […]
Musicians of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus demonstrated in solidarity with striking radio staff, delaying the start of the St Matthew Passion on Thursday night. The musicians themselves are seeking a 10.5 percent […]
The Lithuanian-born singer Asmik Grigorian is opting for mid-life change. She tells Kurier: KURIER: With Elisabetta you are once again making your debut in a major role, and you have had a lot of these […]
