A hero’s life – from Ukraine
The Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra play Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben – in defiance of constant Russian threats. The post A hero’s life – from Ukraine appeared first on Slippedisc.
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BBC Proms: A performance to treasure as Fabio Luisi & the Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrate their centenary with Beethoven, Bent Sørensen & Anna Clyne
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi – BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Bent Sørensen: Evening Land, Anna Clyne: The Years, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’; Clara Cecilie Thomsen, […]
Kirill Petrenko nets Danish million
The Berlin Philharmonic conductor has been awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2026, worth a million Danish crowns (about £120k). He will be required to conduct the DR Symphony Orchestra at a gala concert next […]
Death of an LSO icon, 90
The London Symphony has informed us that Kurt Hans Goedicke passed away yesterday morning as a result of injuries sustained in a fall. He was LSO Principal Timpani from 1964 to 2000. Goedicke was a […]
Hervé Niquet at the Proms
PROMS Striggio & others Le Concert Spirituel / Hervé Niquet (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.08.2025 Striggio Mass, ‘Ecco sì beato giono’, preceded and interspersd with works by Benevolo, Coreccia, Massenzio & Palestrina. Motet, Ecce beatem […]
US music director speaks up for ICE-arrested violinist
The Utah conductor Robert Baldwin – music director of Salt Lake Symphony and Professor of Music at University of Utah – has issued an appeal for the release of his former concertmaster John Shin, who […]
A final goodbye to this year’s Salzburg Festival
Theatre-goers leaving the Haus für Mozart with Festung Hohensalzburg in the background. A final goodbye to this year’s Salzburg Festival, I had an amazing five days, taking in three operas and two concerts, including hearing both […]
Hilary Hahn cancels three more months
The US violinist Hilary Hahn, who has withdrawn from the BBC Proms and other festivals, will not be back before November. She explains: Dear Fans and Friends, While I thought I was fully recovered from […]
Dudamel hires Cate Blanchett for Beethoven
From the LA Phil: The LA Phil today announced a major addition to its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall: Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett will appear as narrator in four performances of Beethoven’s Egmont in February 2026 […]
Breaking: Julian Wachner is held in jail for child porn
The former music director of Trinity Church Wall Street, Julian Wachner, is being held in jail in Indianapolis on preliminary charges related to child exploitation and child pornography, Fox59 reports. The description of the charge, […]
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