Billy Joel faces $15m drummer claim
A session drummer, Joseph Roderick Jr., has filed a $15 million lawsuit in Arizona against the singer-composer Bill Joel for rights in the song You May Be Right, dating back to 1979. Roderick seeks ‘all […]
classical music
Music director calls time on Washington DC
Washington National Cathedral has been shaken by the unforseen departure of its British director of music, Michael McCarthy. Mike writes: Having nearly completed my 21st year at the National Cathedral and having had the benefit […]
A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary II returns with Chapel Choirs of the Old Royal Naval College and the Royal Hospital Chelsea at Chelsea History Festival
A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary at Old Royal Naval College The Chapel Choirs of the Old Royal Naval College and the Royal Hospital Chelsea are combining forces again in an historic commemoration of the […]
Media chief quits San Francisco Symphony
After a tough year fronting for a disaffected music director and an obdurate board, Robin Freeman has quit the San Francisco Symphony, where she was chief marketing and communications officer.The Fine Arts Museums of San […]
Russian composer faces deportation from Germany
Kerstin Holm, a culture editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, has written an open letter to the federal government, calling on them to rescine plans to deport composer Vladimir Tarnopolsky back to Russia. Tarnopolsky, 69, […]
BBC Singers goes middle-of-road
The BBC has signed easy-listening composer Eric Whitacre are artist in residence with the BBC Singers for the group’s centenary year. The BBC Singers were narrowly saved from abolition last year amid an unspurge of […]
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An orchestra re-invented: Chromatica Orchestra’s new season with Emerging Conductor Fellowships for Charlotte Politi and Tess Jackson.
The Bath Festival Orchestra is reinventing itself as Chromatica Orchestra, and the new ensemble debuts at Battersea Arts Centre on Tuesday 8 October 2024. The ensemble focuses on gifted early-career musicians under the direction of […]
Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker stun in Bruckner
Bruckner BBC Singers / Owain Park (conductor); Berliner Philharmoniker / Kirill Peternko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 1.9.2024 Bruckner Os justi (1879). Locus iste (1869). Chrisus factus est (1884) Symphony No. 5 in B […]
Music of a Silent World: Chanticleer in an eclectic recital exploring the natural world
Chanticleer Earlier this Summer, I had the delight of being part of a small audience at the Voces8 centre when the American male-voice ensemble, Chanticleer, music director Tim Keeler, recorded a concert for Live from […]
Biz news: Boutique seeks shelter
The independent artists manager Camilla Wehmeyer has joined Intermusica as Associate Director, Vocal & Opera, bringing 11 singers with her. A survivor of the collapse of Hazard Chase at the start of the pandemic, Wehmeyer […]
