Bob Newhart – On the Record (1992) The best way to understand how a “button-down” office drone can take up a perennial presence in our memory is to watch Bob Newhart. This stand-up comedian turned […]
PROM 16: Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich. Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.07.2024 Cassandra Miller I cannot love without trembling (Viola Concerto, 2023) Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C […]
Jekyll & Hyde – Reading Rep Theatre Click here to rent Forbes Mason stars in Gary McNair’s captivating and comic one-person play which was filmed at Dundee Rep Theatre in February and is now available […]
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
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In Harmony Liverpool’s 13 Birthday Concert 2022 (Photo: Mark McNulty) Liverpool Philharmonic has announced a new partnership between the British Double Reed Society and their flagship learning and engagement programme, In Harmony Liverpool. The partnership […]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and music director Kazuki Yamada will fill Birmingham with music this August, when the orchestra presents a week of free performances in public […]
From a press release: While visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Ion Zanca, founder of Dallas String Quartet, discovered a cruel chapter of his own heritage. Amidst the barbed wire and walls of the […]
It looks like the Chicago opera house has found a successor to Anthony Freud (pictured). Dear Colleagues, Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday July 31, 2024, from 11am – 12pm for a special company meeting to […]
We have been informed of the death of Brian Buggy, influential music director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra. The post Australian conductor dies appeared first on Slippedisc.
The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director. Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]
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