How did Franz Liszt get cancelled?
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Franz Liszt has been cancelled by the world’s orchestras, probably for something he said on social media. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a Liszt orchestral […]
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Prom 37: intense contrasts thundering cannonades to personal intimacy, Antonio Pappano conducts Britten’s War Requiem at the BBC Proms
Britten: War Requiem – Allan Clayton, Natalya Romaniw, Antonio Pappano, Will Liverman, London Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms with chorus directors Mariana Rosas and Neil Ferris (Photo: BBC/Chris Christodoulou) Britten: War Requiem; Natalya Romaniw, […]
Busoni & Brahms Violin Concertos form Francesca Dego
Like the repertoire concertos of Brahms and Beethoven, Busoni’s Violin Concerto is cast in D major (and indeed, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of his great predecessors’ concertos). Busoni’s Violin Concerto, Op. 37a, was premiered […]
Ruth Leon Pocket review… Fiddler on the Roof – Open Air Theatre in Regents Park
Fiddler on the Roof – Open Air Theatre in Regents Park How wonderful to have Fiddler on the Roof back and, originally playing in Regents Park until September 21st has now been extended to the 28th. […]
Music is the best argument for its continued existence: I chat to John Largess of one of the USA’s most celebrated quartets, the Miró Quartet
The Miró Quartet at La Jolla Music Society in 2024 [Photo: Ken Jacques] The Miró Quartet‘s album, Home, released in May 2024 is the quartet’s second album on Pentatone, following their recording of Beethoven’s Complete […]
Meet Toshio Hosokawa
Sometimes described as Japan’s leading composer, Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) s a composer whose scores, while Modernist, exude beauty. The Naxos series of his works is significant: it has been over a decade since I […]
Ruth Leon recommends….So in Love – Kiss Me Kate
So in Love – Kiss Me Kate There’s a new production of Cole Porter’s great musical at the Barbican Theatre until Sept 14th. The casting is a bit odd. Who would ever have thought of bluff, […]
A critic remembers John Cage
Alastair Macaulay writes movingly about a musician he greatly admired: John Cage (1912-1992) died thirty-two years ago today, a few weeks before his eightieth birthday. Merce Cunningham, his life partner, came home from rehearsals […]
Philharmonia principal switches to Sydney Symphony
Antoine Siguré, Principal Timpani of the Philharmonia Orchestra since 2016, has joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Antoine, 37, is also Professor of Timpani at the Royal SAcademy of Music. That’ll be a long commute. The […]
SF Symphony can’t afford conductor, goes ahead with $100 million hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen is leaving the San Francisco Symphony because the board won’t pay for his programming. That’s widely known. In the next few days the board will seek city permission to go ahead with a […]
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