Boston Globe music critic quits
Message from Jeremy Eichler: … After 18 years at the Boston Globe, I am moving on from my position and joining the faculty of Tufts University, where I’ll be taking up a newly created professorship […]
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Berlin Philharmonic play in ‘free Israel hostages’ badges
Members of the orchestra has taken to wearing blue ribbons at major events, such as this weekend’s Waldbühne concert. The blue ribbon (see below) signifies support for the return of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian […]
If this is Mozart, was he in One Direction?
Scientists in Austria have reconstructed what Mozart might have looked like from the structure of his skull. He looks like a disaffected member of a short-life boy bank The post If this is Mozart, was […]
King’s Singer dies
The family of Nigel Perrin has shared news of his death, aged 76. In addition to being a member of the King’s Singers, he was founder and director of the Bath Bach Choir and Bach […]
Menuhin Festival selects a Menuhin protege
The international Yehudi Menuhin festival in Gstaad has consigned its future to the violinist Daniel Hope. The appointment of the new director will be announced tomorrow. Details here. Hope, 50, grew up Yehudi Menuhin’s knee […]
It’s important to acknowledge that Die Fledermaus is a fundamentally ‘sexy’ opera: Jonny Danciger on his new production for St Paul’s Opera
Strauss’s Die Fledermaus in rehearsal with Olivia Singleton (Adele), Ashley Mercer (Frank), Meliza Metzger (Ida) – St Paul’s Opera On 4 July 2024, my local opera company St Paul’s Opera debuts their 2024 main production, […]
Germans pick conductor of the year
The Opus Klassik awards are out this morning. Unsurprisingly, the conductor of the year is the one with the most big jobs: Oslo, Paris, Amsterdam, Chicago. Instrumental winners are Isabelle Faust (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello) […]
Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig: my chorale prelude at St Paul’s Cathedral
I recently wrote an organ chorale prelude for William Whitehead’s Orgelbüchlein Project which is completing Bach’s Orgelbüchlein, a set of chorale preludes for the church’s year which Bach planned out and started but never finished. […]
Canadian is top viola
The Primrose Competition, a kind of world cup for violists, has been won by Emad Zolfaghari, from Toronto. He is 19 and studying at Curtis. Second was Kinga Wojdalska, 25, from Poland. This year’s competition, […]
A richly layered depiction of characters in all their fallibility: Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Grange Festival
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea – Vanessa Waldhart, Kitty Whately, Sam Furness – The Grange Festival (Photo: Craig Fuller) Monteverdi: L’;incoronazio di Poppea; Kitty Whately, Sam Furness, Christopher Lowrey, Anna Bonitatibus, Jonathan Lemalu, directed: Walter Sutcliffe, […]
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