The Latvian Ainars Rubikis signed on last week as chief conductor of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck, Austria. They are not pleased about that in Kassel, Germany, where Rubikis was recently appointed General Music Director […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Comparisons in music are unfair. An ephemeral art cannot be measured and pinned, like a butterfly, to the page without risking mortal damage. Nevertheless, human beings possess critical […]
Alamire & His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts at All Hallows Gospel Oak for recording sessions for Byrd’s Great Service For such a large-scale and important work, William Byrd’s Great Service remains tantalising in many ways […]
Pretty much every recording by Mariss Jansons is impactful: here on Classical Explorer, we have covered him in Shostakovich Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s opera The Queen of Spades, Bruckner’s Third Symphony and Sixth Symphony. This multi-composer […]
Akram Khan’s Giselle I notice that the English National Ballet is re-mounting Akram Khan’s version of Giselle in London 18-28 September at Sadlers Wells. If you can’t get to the Sadlers Wells Theatre, or even […]
A completely unexpected delight from French contemporary composer Karol Beffa. The post When two guitars are better than one appeared first on Slippedisc.
Press release: After considerable thought, Maestro Ankush Kumar Bahl has decided that the 2024/25 concert season will be his final season as Music Director of the Omaha Symphony. He will lead the 24/25 season as […]
HarrisonParrott are crowing that they have signed the huge-selling Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi for global management. Hisaishi was previously with Lang Lang’s manager Jean-Jacques Cesbron. Quite a coup. The post Biz news: HP grabs […]
Maryland Opera has promoted Jason Buckwalter to General Director. He has worked for the company for six years. From the press release: Jason also works as the Building Administrator at the Roland Park Community Center […]
We hear that DG have agreed to record all orchestra works and concertos by Arnold Schoenberg with the Danish National Orchestra, conducted by Fabio Luisi. First up: Verklärte Nacht. Fabio says: Arnold Schoenberg is one […]
