BBC raises base orchestra wage above £40k
The minimum wage for tutti players in BBC orchestras has risen to £41,104 after players voted by a 4-1 margin to accept a new deal. Salaries will rise between 2.3 and 2.8 percent. Thias may […]
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Celebrating Barbara Hepworth: a new violin concerto by Nick Martin with Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Manchester Camerata
Barbara Hepworth: Sphere with Inner Form, 1963, at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands 50 years after her death, a new violin concerto will be celebrating the life and legacy of sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Commissioned […]
Glasgow Cathedral Festival: celebrating the city’s 850th anniversary with a poetic imagining of the story of St. Enoch, mother of the city’s founder
Evening concert at Glasgow Cathedral Festival Glasgow Cathedral Festival returns from 18–21 September 2025, for its ninth edition bringing life to Glasgow’s medieval cathedral with site-specific live music, film, theatre, art, talks and tours, and this […]
Hearing Colour: classical music at the Royal Pavilion with a piano made for King George IV
A detail of A C Pugin’s drawing of the Entrance Hall, Brighton Pavilion c1821 English piano maker Thomas Tomkison (c1764-1853) made a succession of instruments for the Prince of Wales (later Prince Regent and then […]
Polish composer, 98
The veteran Polish composer Andrzej Hundziaka died yesterday in Lodz. He wrote many orchestral pieces and a vast number of choral works for children. The post Polish composer, 98 appeared first on Slippedisc.
An opera singer reports from Ukraine
Anna Starushkevych, a UK-based mezzo-soprano, is putting on her own song-and-dance work in war-torn Ukraine. Here’s is her unmediated account of today’s mid-war reality, published first on slippedisc.com: Hello from Ivano-Frankivsk — a beautiful city […]
Godless vicar cycles his cello round 42 cathedrals
From the Telegraph: Over the course of six weeks this summer Kenneth Wilson cycled to all 42 of England’s Anglican cathedrals – covering 2,000 miles in total – with a cello strapped to the front […]
Maestro is robbed in Frrench resort
The conductor Mathieu Herzog, former violist of the Ébène Quartet, has made it known that his cherished viola was stolen yesterday in the French resort of La-Teste-de-Buch. The instrument was made for him by Charles […]
Barenboim’s back
From the maestro’s media team: The 2025 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra summer tour with Daniel Barenboim and Lang Lang kicked off yesterday with a sold-out performance at the Musikfest Bremen. The tour continues today with the […]
NY Times advertises for classical music critic
Apparently, none of its present team has been called in for promotion. The job was listed last night. So far, only five people have clicked on it. The mission of The New York Times […]
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