Ruth Leon recommends… Van Gogh – Perspective
Who was the real Vincent Van Gogh? 135 years ago this week, on 29th July 1890, one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art died. He was only 37 […]
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Before the brightness of dawn
One for the daily comfort zone from a young French composer (pic). Enjoy. The post Before the brightness of dawn appeared first on Slippedisc.
Watch: Martha plays Prokofiev in Mannheim
A rare chance to see Martha Argerich perform, at 84, one of her lifelong warhorses – the third Prokofiev concerto. She played it in Mannheim two months ago and the video was uploaded this week. […]
Let’s hear it for Ukraine’s leading composer
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Valentin Silvestrov, living in German exile since 2022, defies categorisation. Under Soviet rule, he maintained an aloofness from imposed styles, ignoring political and national pressures. He was twice […]
Concerns are raised over mega-donor’s final days
From the LA Times: Three of Wallis Annenberg’s children accuse Vikki Levine, the sister of their mother’s longtime partner, of exerting control over Annenberg in “likely fatal” ways, isolating her and hastening her decline with […]
Alfred Brendel: The man who tried to seem normal
From my appreciation of the great pianist in the new issue of The Critic: He worked so hard to appear normal. A tall man, Alfred Brendel cultivated a stoop to meet people at their level. […]
Smoking on a roundabout at the age of 10
The tenor Nicky Spence, subject of the second Lebrecht Interview at 2145 tomorrow night on BBC Radio, had a turbulent childhood which stabilised only when his mother moved with him to Scotland. He started singing, […]
How ballet in Japan became a British offshoot
From our critic in residence, Alastair Macaulay: One of the most fascinating revelations of the National Ballet of Japan’s debut season at the Covent Garden opera house (July 24-27) was that the Japanese – […]
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BBC Proms: Arvo Pärt at 90
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste – BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Arvo Pärt, Galina Grigorjeva, Rachmaninov, Bach, Veljo Tormis; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste, Kadri Toomoja; BBC Proms […]
Big money goes missing as Met’s contract talks hit deadline
Contracts between the Metropolitan Opera, its orchestra (AFM Local 802) and stagehands (IATSE Local 1) expire at midnight tonight. Insiders tells us talks have been bogged down on general manager Peter Gelb’s insistence that there’s […]
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