Pulitzer Prize-winning composer dies, 91
The thoughtful American composer Richard Wernick died yesterday at the age of 91. Many of his works are for chamber and vocal ensembles He won the Pulitzer in 1977 for Visions of Terror and Wonder […]
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Grand Concert pour les Aixois: the Verbier Festival CO in Aix en Provence
Grand Concert pour les Aixois: Haydn, Tchaikovsky , Mozart The Strings of Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra / Gábor Takács-Nagy. Cathédale Saint-Saveur, Aix en Provence, France, 20.04.2025 Haydn Die sieben letzten Worte underes Erlöser am Kreutz, […]
Ruth Leon recommends….Titanic:The Musical
Epic and majestic, Titanic:The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams. Based on the real people aboard the legendary ship, Titanic:The Musical is a stirring portrait […]
Vienna Volksoper has 11 new shows and a queer Bat
Volksoper director Lotte de Beer claims that a quarter of her audience is under 30. In the coming season, announced this morning, she’s pitching for pink Euros with a Pride Week Fledermaus in June 2026. […]
Dear Alma, How do I teach a student who’s tone-deaf?
Dear Alma, I am a graduate assistant at a college which offers lessons to any student who signs up. One of my students isn’t exactly tone deaf (she can sing and match pitches), but she […]
Sheku turns me on to Shostakovich 2
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The second cello concerto of Dmitri Shostakovich has never matched the first in public appeal or soloist appreciation. Premiered on the composer’s sixtieth birthday, at a concert where […]
After the Pope’s funeral…
Try this extraordinary Harmony of the Spheres by the Dutch composer Joep Franssens, a synthesist of choral styles from Bach to Ligeti. Just glorious sounds from the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor […]
Creating a fun day out as well as broadening the mind: Jack Bazalgette on his first Cheltenham Music Festival as artistic director
Jack Bazalgette (Photo: Ehimetalor Unuabona) Jack Bazalgette is perhaps best known as the co-founder and director of through the noise, which since 2020 has programmed more than 130 classical music concerts in non-traditional venues using […]
Bach @ Aix: Christophe Rousset & Les Talens Lyriques
Aix en Provence Easter Festival: Bach Anna El-Khashem (soprano); Mari Askvik (alto)l Nick Pritchard (tenor); Adrien Fournaison (bass); Namur Chamber Choir; Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset (conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix en Provence, […]
St Paul’s takes on the Sistine Chapel
Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ was reserved for centuries for the Sistine Chapel, until modern media got involved. The post St Paul’s takes on the Sistine Chapel appeared first on Slippedisc.
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