It has been confirmed that the Reverend Canon Nicholas Jepson-Biddle has been appointed Priest in Charge of Bournemouth Town Centre. His licensing service will be performed in November by the Bishop of Winchester. Jepson-Biddle was […]
It’s the troubled San Antonio Philharmonic, again. Two key backers have demanded the return of $180,000, which they say were loans. The orchestra’s CEO says they will contest this claim in court. No winners here. […]
The opening of the Haifa Symphony season was cancelled due to uninvited missiles from Hezbollah. The Israel Camerata Jerusalem is also maimed by the absence of soloist Matt Haimovitz, who was unable to get a […]
The Boston Pops soloist this weekend was the city mayor, Michelle Wu. Yuja’s got some way to go. Wu 吳弭 said: It’s why I love this city: I had a wonderful time performing “Rhapsody in […]
String players are mourning the sudden passing of Professor Yizhak Schotten, a former player in the Boston Symphony who went on to become principal viola of the Cincinnati and Houston symphony orchestras. Six years ago […]
London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir, musical director Dominic Ellis-Peckham, celebrated its 50th anniversary last season, and they are continuing the excitement with a 2024/25 season full of good things. The season […]
This is Jakub Jósef Orliński’s sixth album for Erato, and his post follows on from Classical Explorer‘s recent musings on Orliński’s Gluck Orfeo, The group is once more Il Pomo d’Oro. So, why “Beyond”? Orliński […]
Tamsin Waley-Cohen performing at the Two Moors Festival in 2022 Founded in 2001, the Two Moors Festival takes place each October in venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor. This year’s festival runs from 3 to 13 […]
In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he […]
We are great admirers of the young composer Rodrigo Ruiz. We last interviewed him for the Classical Archives blog back in March, 2021 on the occasion of his new release “Behold the Stars.” Rodrigo has […]
