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Ruth Leon recommends…

Ruth Leon recommends…

John Betjeman anniversary  Also worth mentioning today is that it’s 40 years since the death of British poet, writer and broadcaster, John Betjeman,   who was Poet Laureate from 1972-1984. Although born in 1906, he was […]

Sleeveless is the new conductor trend

Sleeveless is the new conductor trend

This is Teodor Currentzis, the Putin collaborator, conducting Bruckner’s 9th last night in Hamburg. The orchestra was his own Utopia pickup band. The post Sleeveless is the new conductor trend appeared first on Slippedisc.

Brit baton win second German job

Brit baton win second German job

Bielefeld has chosen Robin Davis as its next Generalmusikdirektor. Davis, 41, is presently GMD at Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg. The post Brit baton win second German job appeared first on Slippedisc.

Things to do with 3 trumpets

Things to do with 3 trumpets

We’ve stumbled across this gorgeous new piece, commissioned in memory of the British nurse Edith Cavell who was executed by the Germans in occupied Belgium in the First World War. It’s by Ryan Linham with […]

At last, the Real Meistersinger

At last, the Real Meistersinger

Richard Wagner’s only comic opera had a long gestation. Summer 1845: drawing on the History of German Literature as well as the biography of poet and shoemaker Hans Sachs, the composer sketches out ideas for a satirical […]

Job of the Week: Choose your own conductor

Job of the Week: Choose your own conductor

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale of San Francisco need an executive director to help pick a successor to Richard Egarr (pic). The next Executive Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale will bring administrative […]