Liverpool picks #2 bass
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen Nathan Knight as Associate Principal Double Bass. He has been depping in the role throughout the season. He says: ‘As a teenager, I was fortunate enough to be […]
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Summer nights in Vienna gardens
This week’s Apple Classical global streaming hits: 1 Sommernachtskonzert 2025 Wiener Philharmoniker, Tugan Sokhiev 2 Locatelli, 6 Introduttioni Teatrali Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante 3 Satie: Discoveries Alexandre Tharaud 4 Sleep Max Richter 5 The Summer […]
Brain tumour claims a klezmer star
The funeral took place yesterday in Netanya, Israel, of Daniel Hoffman, an outstanding researcher and performer of klezmer music. He was diagnosed two years ago with a glioblastoma and received treatment in Germany. Daniel leaves […]
%20and%20Hanna%20Hipp%20(Dinah)%20Credit_%20Genevieve%20Girling%20(4).jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The ennui of modern life: Bernstein & Poulenc's one-act operas from the 1950s in an intriguing double bill at Buxton International Festival")
The ennui of modern life: Bernstein & Poulenc’s one-act operas from the 1950s in an intriguing double bill at Buxton International Festival
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti – Charles Rice, Allison Cooke – Buxton International Festival (Photo: Genevieve Girling) Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti, Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine; Hanna Hipp, Charles Rice, Allison Cooke, Chloé Hare-Jones, Harun […]
Breaking: Italy cancels Gergiev concert
The Italian news agency Ansa has just reported that the Royal Palace of Caserta has cancelled the symphony concert conducted by Valery Gergiev that was scheduled for July 27th. It appears the site’s directorate was […]
Conductor, 98, gets 15 minutes of fame
“CBS News Sunday Morning” has allocated its feelgood slot to the US-born Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, still working at 98. ‘It’s like intense sex,’ he says, ‘an extremely close relation’. Watch. The post […]
A rare world premiere tomorrow by Martha Argerich
The esteeemed pianist is playing a new piece tomorrow in Barcelona by a Juilliard-trained Catalan composer, Marc Migó. Migó is a John Corigliano student whose work has been performed in Amsterdam and Berlin. He was […]
Covent Garden is attacked by Trovatore singer
Aside from the sideshow of the Palestine flag-waver, a leading baritone in the Trovatore cast has lashed out on his Facebook page against the artistic management of the company, particularly at conductor Carlo Rizzi and […]
%20Ali%20Wright.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Old-fashioned drama & a modern gloss: Cecilia Stinton's production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park with Jennifer France's debut in the title role")
Old-fashioned drama & a modern gloss: Cecilia Stinton’s production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Opera Holland Park with Jennifer France’s debut in the title role
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor – Tabitha Reynolds (ghost), Jennifer France – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jennifer France, José de Eça, Morgan Pearse, director: Cecilia Stinton, conductor: Michael Papadopoulos, City […]
Roger Norrington: I kiss the musicians, then I kick off my shoes
A conversation I filmed with the conductor in Zurich, a dozen years ago. A lovely man, lacking in pomposity and self-regard. Enjoy. The post Roger Norrington: I kiss the musicians, then I kick off my […]
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