The Italian Daniele Gatti took over last night as chief conductor of the Dresden Sataatskapelle, one of the world’s longest-running orchestras. He opened with Mahler 1, inaugurating the first complete Mahler cycle in the orchestra’s […]
The conductor, 88, on a visit to India, has been talking about the things he misses about the country. ‘I watch cricket all the time. Although I don’t have a favourite, I have of course […]
On the busiest weekend of the summer, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra brought its branded concept of joy to New Street Station. By the look of it, business stalled at Pret. The post […]
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo has issued this statement: It is with great sadness that we learned of the brutal death of Franck Lavogez, solo bassist of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, which occurred on August […]
Paul Mann British conductor Paul Mann is the principal guest conductor of Lviv National Philharmonic (based in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine) and has a significant discography with Toccata Classics recording undeservedly forgotten […]
71 minutes of Fauré. Heaven. Renaud Capuçon maximises his association with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. begins with something of a miracle: Capuçon dares to begin with the one movement we have of a […]
Underdog: The Other Other Brontë – National Theatre Click here for tickets We think we know who the Brontes were, right? Three sad spinsters with a martinet father and an alcoholic brother, marooned in a […]
message received: As our residency in Salzburg comes to an end this week, bassoonist Štěpán Turnovský and trumpet player Reinhold Ambros will retire on September 1. Chairman Daniel Froschauer expressed gratitude to our esteemed orchestra […]
The veteran music critic of the Yediot Acharonot newspaper, Dr Hanoch Ron, died last week. He was 88. Hanich was feared early on for his fierce personal prejudices. But he mellowed with age, like so […]
Bizet: Carmen – Rihab Chaieb, Evan LeRoy Johnson, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier – Glyndebourne Festival at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Bizet: Carmen; Rihab Chaied, Evan LeRoy Johnson, Lukasz Goliński, Janai […]
