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Relaxed concerts don’t please many of the people much of the time. Especially if patrons are encouraged to bring in more drinks, as they are by the CBSO management in Birmingham. This is from the […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: In a world of mounting uncertainty, it’s a relief to find the King’s Singers are still around. The novelty of their act might have worn off since that […]

 Chekhov Click here for Toby Jones Click here for Andrew Scott There have been many productions of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya since its premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre  in 1899. Here are two recent versions for […]

Check out this SWR event with Ingo Metzmacher and Patricia Kopatchinskaja. It respects the audience’s intelligence, taste and humour. György Ligeti: Lontano Dmitri Shostakovitch: 1st violin concerto György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre Karl Amadeus […]

40 years of Les Arts Florisants – a masterclass in period practice. The post Watch: William Christie’s big night appeared first on Slippedisc.

Message from Emma Schul in south London: After many years together, my lovely violin was stolen from my car last Saturday (15/2/2025) in Croydon. It has a very distinctive medallion carved on the back (see […]

The Orquesta de Extremadura, serving Spain’s poorest region on the border with Portugal, has chosen Roberto Forés Veses as its new artistic director. Valencia born, he was previously at the Orchestre national d’Auvergne in France. […]

The prestigious Brussels piano competition has selected 70 pianists out of 289 applicants. Koreans predominate. There are five with the surname Kim, two Suns, a Moon, a Shin, a Lee, a Hwang, a Bae and […]

Three new Shakespeare productions opened this week. Nicholas Hytner’s Richard II livened up London’s Bridge. Tom Hiddleston shed his shirt in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. And Rupert Goold directed a revised Hamlet with […]

Three new Shakespeare productions opened this week. Nicholas Hytner’s Richard II livened up London’s Bridge. Tom Hiddleston shed his shirt in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. And Rupert Goold directed a revised Hamlet with […]