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Enchanting German performance of the West Side Story suite. The post The maestro dances appeared first on Slippedisc.

It’s in Why Beethoven, of course, but this performance is new. The title is taken from a Viennese alley. The post A Beethoven you might not know appeared first on Slippedisc.

Terrific new work by local composer Will Healy. You see/hear it first here. The post A Toccata falls in Brooklyn appeared first on Slippedisc.

The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra that played concerts in Teheran and Isfahan as part of the Days of Russian Culture has been stranded in Iran by the wave of Israel-Iran attacks. No flights are presently taking […]

Here’s the Friday review by our resident critic Alastair Macaulay: by Alastair Macaulay On Wednesday 11 at the Festival Hall, the Philharmonia Orchestra presented a quadruple bill that should have been all Rs: its resident […]

Truro Cathedral today announced important changes to its boys’ choir after 138 years: From September, girls aged 8 – 13 will be welcomed into Truro Cathedral Choir for the first time and are invited to […]

Israeli musicians are lamenting the loss of Gabriella Argov, who died after a brief bout with cancer. Originally from South Africa, Gabi was keyboard artist for the Israel Chamber Orchestra and an arranger and accompanist […]

The orchestra has made one change to tonight’s midsummernight concert, reflecting national mourning for victims of this week’s Graz school shooting. The one work to be dropped is Jacques Offenbach’s Can Can. Other jollies like […]

The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival has named ‘trans, queer’ Sarah Hennies as this year’s composer in residence, affirming its hard-won fringe status. From a recent profile: Sarah Hennies is a minimalist composer who focuses on […]

 L’heure espagnole & Gianni Schicchi Palau de les Arts’s new production of this double bill is directed by the Belgian/French duo of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Since their debut at Covent Garden in 2001, […]