Dame Kiri crowns new Countess
The Countess in Marriage of Figaro was one of Kiri te Kanawa’s signature roles. Among many other loications, she sang it at Glyndebourne in 1973. This weekend at Glyndebourne, Kiri was seen in the company […]
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A lighter touch in Shostakovich
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … He composed 24 Preludes and Fugues – in Bach’s footsteps – and gave them to Nikolaeva to perform in Leningrad in December 1952. Soviet critics complained of […]
Dear Alma, My stand partner is seeing my ex
From our agony aunt: Dear Alma, I am having a house-warming party and invited a lot of colleagues from orchestra. I just found out that my standpartner is coming with my ex. Can I dis-invite […]
Winchester Cathedral parts from precentor
An announcement was made this morning that Canon Andy Trenier (pictured) had completed his six-year tenure and was departing the cathedral. Trenier was at the heart of the tumultuous events of the past year which […]
Clarifying Martha Argerich’s condition
The president of the Kapan Festival in Armenia has written to slippedisc.com, denying a report that Martha Argerich had been hospitalised. Martha’s daughter Annie Dutoit has posted on social media: My mother Martha Argerich has […]
Chiaroscuro Quartet and Cédric Tiberghien at Wigmore Hall
Beethoven, Brahms Cédric Tiberghian (piano); Chiaroscuro Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 10.07.2025 Beethoven Strnig Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Op. 130 (with Große Fuge, Op. 133) Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Recently, we […]
Spurred on by the story-telling: conductor Peter Whelan on bringing the Dublin version of Handel’s Alexander’s Feast to life with the Irish Baroque Orchestra
Peter Whelan conducting Mozart’s Symphony No.41 “Jupiter”, image taken from video filmed at the Whyte Recital Hall at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, 9/9/2023. Produced by November Seven Films. Conductor Peter Whelan is bringing […]
Shani shines in Mendelssohn
Shani took up his post in Rotterdam in 2018 and his contract with the orchestra extends to 2026. As he has said: “The chemistry I felt with the orchestra from day one is still growing.” We have met them […]
Sing along with Simon
The NDR Vokalensemble and many hundreds of guest singers under the baton of Simon Halsey at the Sing-along Concert 2025. On the program: works by John Rutter, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Gabriel Fauré, Anton Bruckner and others. […]
Live: Tales of Zurich’s Hoffmann
In his final opera, Jacques Offenbach made E.T.A. Hoffmann, the most famous poet of the Romantic period, into his main character. The poet explores the threshold between reality and fantasy in a fascinating way in […]
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