The Jerusalem chamber music festival, directed by Barenboim’s wife Elena Bashkirova and involving many of their close friends, was due to open on September 3. It was cancelled last night because of sky wars in […]
The board of the embattled Australian orchestra has acted swiftly in the wake of the rebel pianist incident. Out, immediately, goes Sophie Galaise, the Canadian chief executive. ‘We want to acknowledge Sophie’s contribution over the […]
Here’s another rare memento of Myra, ten years after the previous collectible. She has a splendidly leisured way of telling an anecdote. The post Myra Hess: the Proms interview appeared first on Slippedisc.
It’s the cast of the Norwegian National opera production, conducted by Ed Gardner. Lise Davidsen is Senta, Gerald Finley the Dutchman. Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Erik, Brindley Sherratt as Daland and Anna Kissjudit as Mary […]
The Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville reports the death of its American former principal flute, James Gordon Lyman Lake. James was 64. Local media add that he was found dead inside his car, which was […]
The latest promo gimmick from the indefatigably commercial pianist: Hi everyone, it’s Lang Lang here! I am thrilled to invite you and a friend to an unforgettable evening at Carnegie Hall’s opening night in […]
The recent walkout by the veteran Eberhard Friedrich, a year before retirement, has been buried beneath a swift leak that Thomas Eitler-de Lint, head of the Leipzig Opera chorus, is to take over with immediate […]
Leonard and Felicia Bernstein’s daughter Jamie has made a remarkable assertion to Joseph Horowitz in his NPR More than Music show. Taling about the aftermath of Tom Wolfe’s inflammatory expose of the Bernstein’s party for […]
The order was published this morning: His Majesty The King has appointed Ms Errollyn Wallen CBE as Master of the King’s Music; the first appointment to this role of his reign. Wallen, 66, succeeds Dame […]
An extremely rare interview with the grande dame of British pianism, heroine of the Blitz. She also talks of making false crescendos to mask the noise of flying bombs. ‘When the bomb went away, I […]
