Pasolini’s Tosca
Munich’s new production of Puccini’s shocker is set in 1975 in Rome where Pier Paolo Pasolini is filming ‘The 120 Days of Sodom’. The Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó opens his interpretation with fascist soldiers leading […]
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Calling women musicians: Watermill Theatre wants them to join its new play about Fanny Mendelssohn
Calum Finaly’s Fanny in rehearsal at Watermill Theatre (Photo: Pamela Raith Photography) When Queen Victoria invited Felix Mendelssohn to perform for her at a personal concert and play her favourite song, Italien, the composer had […]
Jack Bazalgette of ‘through the noise’ announced as next artistic director of Cheltenham Music Festival
Jack Bazalgette (Photo: Ehimetalor Unuabona) Since 2020, through the noise has programmed more than 130 classical music concerts in non-traditional venues using an innovative crowd-funding model to widen audience appeal [see my review of their recent […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Music in the Midnight Sun – Toronto Symphony
Music in the Midnight Sun – Toronto Symphony For many of us, the Arctic exists only as a fantasy of snow and polar bears and endangered icebergs. Ignorant as ever, I didn’t realise that people […]
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and other keyboard works
Thomas Roseingrave: Eight Harpsichord Suites and other keyboard works; Bridget Cunningham; Signum ClassicsReviewed 20 May 2024 Demonstrating the 18th-century Britain had more than one distinguished harpsichord composer, this disc explores the engaging, complex and quirky […]
At last, Boston hires a concertmaster
After five years with the biggest vacancy in the orchestral world, the Boston Symphony today presented Nathan Cole as its new concertmaster. He is presently first associate concertmaster with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. More follows. […]
Concert Artists/YCAT take on 3 more
The latest musicians to win public auditions for management are: Amiri Harewood (piano, pictured) Fibonacci Quartet (string quartet) James Morley (cello) The post Concert Artists/YCAT take on 3 more appeared first on Slippedisc.
Washington DC musicians in uproar over Killer Mike
We are hearing from members of the National Symphony Orchestra who are outraged at nhaving to accompany a concert by Killer Mike & The Mighty Midnight Revival. The official blurb reads: A never-before-seen concert experience! […]
Cheltenham Music acquires an artistic director
The festival, which lost all of its staff six months ago, has named Jack Bazalgette as artistic director from 2o25. Bazalgette is a Hackney-based conductor who has worked as chorusmaster with the Prague Symphony Orchestra […]
The BBC’s fastest selling Proms
This weekend saw record online sales for the 2024 Proms. The following concerts were the hottest tickets: First Night of the Proms conducted by Elim Chan (19 July), Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (20 […]
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