We are hearing from several sources that Eberhard Friedrich resigned last night as director of the festival chorus. His resgination came in the interval of Parsifal and the chorus demonstratively applauded him from the stage […]
There are signs that Russia’s cultural isolation may be easing. The Bolshoi has been invited to Serbia and Thailand next month. Its new chief Valery Gergiev is pulling out all the stops to break out […]
Robert Jindra has resigned as chief conductor of the Košice State Philharmonic, in Slovakia. The Czech maestro had previouslky issued a blast at the country’s Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová for dismissing the heads of the […]
In my next Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3, the conductor Sir Simon Rattle talks frankly about his often-turbulent 16 years at the head of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. “You try lots of things,” […]
Statement by the organisation representing most European opera houses, relating to the political crisis in Slovakia: Opera Europa is deeply shocked and gravely concerned by the abrupt decision on August 6th by Slovakia’s culture minister, […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Franz Liszt has been cancelled by the world’s orchestras, probably for something he said on social media. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a Liszt orchestral […]
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Britten: War Requiem – Allan Clayton, Natalya Romaniw, Antonio Pappano, Will Liverman, London Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms with chorus directors Mariana Rosas and Neil Ferris (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Britten: War Requiem; Natalya Romaniw, […]
Like the repertoire concertos of Brahms and Beethoven, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is cast in D major (and indeed, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of his great predecessors’ concertos). Busoni’s Violin Concerto, Op. 37a, was premiered […]
Fiddler on the Roof – Open Air Theatre in Regents Park How wonderful to have Fiddler on the Roof back and, originally playing in Regents Park until September 21st has now been extended to the 28th. […]
The Miró Quartet at La Jolla Music Society in 2024 [Photo: Ken Jacques] The Miró Quartet‘s album, Home, released in May 2024 is the quartet’s second album on Pentatone, following their recording of Beethoven’s Complete […]
