classical

Dear Alma, I left my oboe on the train last week. It’s the third time in as many years. The first I blamed on Covid stress. The second was during my divorce. But this time […]

Bob Newhart – On the Record (1992) The best way to understand how a “button-down” office drone can take up a perennial presence in our memory is to watch Bob Newhart.  This stand-up comedian turned […]

Jekyll & Hyde – Reading Rep Theatre Click here to rent Forbes Mason stars in Gary McNair’s captivating and comic one-person play which was filmed at Dundee Rep Theatre in February and is now available […]

From a press release:  While visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Ion Zanca, founder of Dallas String Quartet, discovered a cruel chapter of his own heritage. Amidst the barbed wire and walls of the […]

It looks like the Chicago opera house has found a successor to Anthony Freud (pictured). Dear Colleagues, Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday July 31, 2024, from 11am – 12pm for a special company meeting to […]

We have been informed of the death of Brian Buggy, influential music director of the Sydney Youth Orchestra.   The post Australian conductor dies appeared first on Slippedisc.

The UK’s Northern Chamber Orchestra, headless for the past two years, has named a leading duo. Zöe Beyers (pictured right), concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic, will be artistic director.  Sarah Brandwood-Spencer, former Halle Orchestra violinist […]

Berthe Morisot’s ‘Summer’s Day‘ in the National Gallery is one of my favourite Impressionist paintings. The  artist uses distinctive zig-zag brushstrokes and an extraordinary interplay of light and colour in this wonderful painting of two women […]

A players’ meeting of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra voted last night to extend Lahav Shani’s contract as chief conductor by five years to 2029. Shani, 35, is also chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic for […]

French media are complaining that the Orchestre de Paris and its Finnish conductor were not seen on global television during the Olympic Games opening parade. The only orchestra in view was the Orchestre National de […]