The prolific German composer Wolgang Rihm died today in Ettlingen after an illness, his family announced. He was 72. His output included eight operas, at least two dozen works for orchestra and 13 string quartets. […]
This was the French National Orchestra playing in the Olympics Opening Ceremony under the baton of Cristian Macelaru. Also inundated in the horrensdous Paris weather was the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. It seems remarkable that in […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Prom 10: Ryan Wigglesworth, Laura van der Heijden & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Britten, Cheryl Frances Hoad & Elgar")
Cheryl Frances Hoad: Cello Concerto ‘Earth, Sea, Air’ – Laura van der Heijden, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth – Prom 10 (Photo: BBC / Andy Paradise) Britten: Gloriana – symphonic suite, Cheryl Frances Hoad: […]
We met the Rautio Piano Trio prev9ously with a post entitled What was Beethoven’s Op. 1? The answer is three piano trios, and the ensemble played the first two of the on that Resonus Classics […]
One of Jane Austen’s manuscripts Gillian Dooley‘s book, She played and sang: Jane Austen and music, was published by Manchester University Press in March 2024. The book looks at the central role that music played […]
Sammy Davis Jr – Two Rare Songs Martin, one of my most avid readers, found this rare footage of Sammy Davis Jr singing two songs you may not know but will be glad to discover. […]
DG have uploaded a new music video of Maria Joao Pires, who turned 80 this week. The post A piece of Pires appeared first on Slippedisc.
There is a small plaque in Berlin makking the house where he lived. A piano competition in the Italian Tyrol where he was born, And not much else on the face of the earth. Ferruccio […]
The BBC announced today that it cannot put on its international singing competition next year, due to prolonged building work and other issues at its regular venue, St David’s Hall. The next contest will take […]
Steven Osborne (Photo: Ben Ealovega) JW3, the Jewish Community Centre London, is celebrating ten years and its classical season is returning for 2024/25 with six concerts beginning with pianist Steven Osborne in evocations of childhood […]
.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "BBC Proms: Bach's Mass writ large as Arcangelo give us choral bravura at Royal Albert Hall")
