A good night for English violas
Not just the Walton concerto, but a John Dowland moan as an encore. Enjoy. The post A good night for English violas appeared first on Slippedisc.
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When a frontline pianist plays third-rate music
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: When a major artist performs third-rate music, it’s either going to be a trifling act of self-indulgence or a stunning revelation. It took me three listenings to work […]
Alastair Macaulay reviews three London plays
From our critic in residence: The word “extraordinary” is overused, but everything about the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs production of Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” (2000) merits it. In this twenty-fifth anniversary of the original production, […]
What did a Toronto geek pay to conduct Mahler?
The entrepreneur Mandle Cheung, 78, conducted the Toronto Symphony in Mahler’s second symphony this week. According the New York Times he paid less than $400,000 for the privilege. That’s dirt cheap. Norio Ohga, Sony’s CEO, […]
La Scala is staging its first Norma in 68 years
The last to sing the role in 1957 was Montserrat Caballe. Before her, Callas. It seems the Milan public won’t accept cheap substitutes. Tonight, Marina Rebeka will sing Norma, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is Adalgisa and Freddie […]
Death of US conductor, 85
The Mendelssohn Club and others has lamented the passing of its music director Alan Harler. In his tenure of more than 20 years, Harler commissioned and premiered more than 50 new works, including David Lang’s […]
French mourn Japanese pianist, 64
Many French musicians regret the passing of Fuminori Tanada, pianist of the contemporary music group Ensemble Itineraire for which he also composed. Originally from Okayama he studied ciomposition at the National University of Art and […]
Paris picks first woman professor of composition
The Conservatoire de Paris has appointed the Berlin-based Italian composer Clara Iannotta as professor of composition from the next academic year. Iannotta, 42, is believed to be the first woman to hold the influential position. […]
LSO seeks new chief
It has been announced today that Dame Kathryn McDowell will retire as Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra a year from now. She has been in the job for two decades, with three music […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Diablo Tango – Torvill and Dean
Apache Dance An Apache dance, if you’ve never come across one before, is a highly dramatic performance associated with Parisian street culture at the beginning of the 20th century. It reenacts a violent “discussion” between […]
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