80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin
Metamorphosen, for strings alone, contemplates the world after the end of his world, in 1945. The post 80 years ago: Richard Strauss surveys his country’s ruin appeared first on Slippedisc.
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Oboe quits Washington DC
Martin Hébert is stepping down after 19 years as Principal Oboe of the Oregon Symphony. His replacement will be Harrison Linsey of the National Symphony Orchestra. Not a bad time for a musician to be […]
An incredible feeling when you get it right; horn-player Martin Owen on performing Mozart’s complete horn concertos with Manchester Camerata
Martin Owen, Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy at the Stoller Hall (Photo; Rob Everett) When horn player Martin Owen and I met to chat about his performances of Mozart’s Horn Concertos with Manchester Camerata, our conversation […]
Heinichen and Telemann: Early Cantatas
This is.wonderful disc. Don’t let the “early” bit put you off: there is such joy and sorrow here, such craftsmanship. And the conjoining of Heinichen and Telemann results in the dream team you never knew […]
Why bringing back Anna Netrebko is bad for the soul
Anna Starushkevych is a Ukrainian-British opera singer who has lost family members in the Russian attack on her country. She tells us: ‘I made a conscious choice to put my career on hold, as my […]
Ruth Leon recommends… Josephine Baker: the Story of an Awakening
Josephine Baker, who died 50 years ago this Saturday 12th April 1975, was much more than the ‘girl in the banana skirt’. That skirt, and the performer wearing it, became a symbol of the Jazz […]
Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay
Putting San Francisco far behind him, the Finn is plunging into Nietzsche and Strauss on the Hamburg docks. The post Esa-Pekka Salonen gets out beyond the Bay appeared first on Slippedisc.
Canadian conductor is charged with sex assaults on a teen
From CTV News: The conductor of the Université de Sherbrooke orchestra has been charged with sexual offences involving a minor. François Bernier, 51, was arrested Thursday morning by Sherbrooke police. Court records show that he […]
Moscow shuts down Rachmaninoff Museum
The buildings that house the Rachmaninoff Museum and its refular concerts on Bolshaya Ordynka have been reclaimed by the city authorities after the museum’s lease expired. The collection, founded by pianist Viktor Merzhanov, is now […]
Alastair Macaulay reviews: Forsythe – or against?
From our resident critic: English National Ballet’s Forsythe Programme by Alastair Macaulay You think you know me? No, you don’t. With many artists this elusiveness is the instinct that impels much of their careers. And […]
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