A moment of cool contemplation
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Greeks mourns leading musicologist
The Greek musicologist and senior music critic George Leotsakos died this week, aged 89. Born in Athens, on the 9th of August 1935, he studied with composers Kostas Kydoniatis and Yannis Andreou Papaïoannou, graduating from […]
Jayson Gillham issues ‘clarity’ statement
The UK-Australian pianist who was cancelled by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra after making unacceptable remarks on the Gaza situation has issued this clarification through his PR agency: For clariy (sic), we are releasing the comments […]
BBC Proms tightens Last Night flags restriction
You can now get excluded for carrying a flag related to ‘politics, hatred and advertising’. Seems to cover pretty much everything. The post BBC Proms tightens Last Night flags restriction appeared first on Slippedisc.
Ton Koopman’s extraordinary Bach Johannes-Passion
Itinéraire Baroque en Périgord, 2024: Bach Johannes-Passion, BWV 245 (1724). Amelia Berridge (soprano); Sophia Faltas (mezzo); Tilman Lichdi (tenor); Klaus Mertens (bass); Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman (conductor / harpsichord). Église […]
Substantial and satisfying listening: Stuart Hancock’s score for the new film, Kensuke’s Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo’s 1999 book Kensuke’s Kingdom might have very modern concerns with its bringing issues about care for the environment and the natural world into what is a traditional adventure story, but the new animated film […]
Music professor is found murdered in her apartment
The Iran-born soprano and teacher Haleh Abghari, renowned for New York performances of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for a Mad King’, has been found stabbed to death in her Colorado Springs apartment. Police are […]
LA school gets $16.6m donation for Salonen program
The Colburn School in Los Angeles, host to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s conducting Fellowship, has received a huge $16.6 million donation from an Illinois-based foundation. Salonen said: ‘I am deeply grateful to The Negaunee Foundation for supporting […]
Chicago’s premiere singer dies, 91
The soprano Elsa Charleston, renowned for her commitment to new works, has died in her hometown. After a career in chamber music as a mezzo, Elsa hit the high register as she hit 40, touring […]
East Berlin’s Italian diva has died, at 85
The Italian soprano Celestina Casapietra died this week in her homeland. After early successes in Milan she married the DDR conductor Herbert Kegel and became half of the regime’s operatic glamour couple. In Berlin, she […]
