Unimaginative Dutilleux lacks atmosphere and allure
I had high hopes for this release. I love these 3 masterpieces from Dutilleux‘s first creative period, and to have them all on one CD (over 78 minutes of music) is very enticing. They are […]
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Lalo and (Enrique) Casals Cello Concertos
Although we perviously carried a release announcement of this release, it is perhaps good to have a more in-depth look (and listen!). The performance of the Lalo Cello Concerto in D-Minor celebrated his 200th birth […]
Ruth Leon recommends… PBS Theatre Programmes in May
PBS Theatre Programmes in May Click on PBS.org to find your local station For readers in the US, and for those who can access the PBS app, PBS will be broadcasting a theatre-related programme every […]
Things to do with 3 trumpets
We’ve stumbled across this gorgeous new piece, commissioned in memory of the British nurse Edith Cavell who was executed by the Germans in occupied Belgium in the First World War. It’s by Ryan Linham with […]
At last, the Real Meistersinger
Richard Wagner’s only comic opera had a long gestation. Summer 1845: drawing on the History of German Literature as well as the biography of poet and shoemaker Hans Sachs, the composer sketches out ideas for a satirical […]
Job of the Week: Choose your own conductor
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale of San Francisco need an executive director to help pick a successor to Richard Egarr (pic). The next Executive Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will bring administrative […]
How to hear the Jerusalem Quartet live in Amsterdam
The concert is at 7pm local (6pm London, 1pm New York). Click below. The post How to hear the Jerusalem Quartet live in Amsterdam appeared first on Slippedisc.
How to do a power bow like Yuja
No editorial comment could possibly match this inspired takeoff. Here’s a sampling of the original act. View this post on Instagram A post shared by PianoWorldWide (@pianoworldwide) The post How to do a […]
Only 5 women apply for Solti grants
The Solti Foundation U.S. has named 18 young American conductors to receive Career Assistance Awards. Of 50 applicants just five were women. The successful candidates are: Nathan Blair, Elias Brown, Austin Chanu, Maurice Cohn, Conner […]
Combining disparate sounds with a bit of magic: Michel Godard and serpent in Göttingen
Atsushi Sakai (viola da gamba) and Bruno Helstroffer (theorbo) at PS.Halle, Einbeck Light the earth: Incantation: Handel, Jean de la Fontaine, Michel Lambert, Sieur de Saint Colombe, Marin Marais, Michel Godard; Michel Godard, Antje Rux, […]
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