The Jungle Book composer has died
The composer Richard M Sherman, who co-wrote wrote songs for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has died in Beverly Hills, aged 95. All his songs were written with his brother […]
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Winchester Cathedral, you’re bringing me down
The suppurating discontent at one of England’s finest houses of worship burst into full flood in today’s Mail on Sunday. Sample: Winchester Cathedral is reeling from the controversy that has seen key figures leave, with […]
Ruth Leon recommends… The Merry Wives of Windsor – Digital Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor – Digital Theatre Click here to subscribe or rent The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only Shakespeare play which is set in his own time with characters who would have […]
Life, the universe and … Stephen Fry
The British actor narrates a cosmic new work by Sibelius descendant Lauri Porra. The composer’s wife conducts. You may well have heard it here first. The post Life, the universe and … Stephen Fry appeared […]
All the Bruckner symphonies… on an organ
Press release: Over the past four years (2020-2024), German conductor and organist Hansjörg Albrecht has recorded Bruckner’s complete symphonic oeuvre as a transcription for organ for the first time worldwide. This colossal project, entitled Anton […]
Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart
Extraordinary footage from 1970 of the German pianist at his most organic. The post Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart appeared first on Slippedisc.
Job of the Week: Early closing
Leave work before 1700: The Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a musicologist specialising in the period before c.1700 to the post of Assistant Professor, starting on 1 January 2025 […]
The most vivid recital disc of the year
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The first we heard of Magdalena Kožená was a mid-1990s album of Bach arias, recorded when she was 22. The voice was at once light and dark — […]
Exclusive: A case of revenge porn
We understand that the Houston Symphony has suspended its principal horn, Bill VerMeulen, for the rest of the season. Houston is about to host the League of American Orchestras conference and it does not want […]
The celebrity cook who learned by Suzuki method
The culinary phenomenon Kenji López-Alt is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who plays music where and whenever he can. Speaking Soundly to Met principal trumpet David Krauss, he learned to play violin at […]
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