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Britten in Love: Robin Tritschler & Malcolm Martineau explore the composer’s emotional life through his music Immortal Mozart: Katharina Ruckgaber, Martin Häßler & Sholto Kynoch bring a light touch to their exploration of Schubert’s admiration for Mozart Lived experience: Matthias Goerne & Tamara Stefanovich in Schubert’s Winterreise at Oxford International Song Festival Words & music: at Oxford International Song Festival’s opening weekend academics & performers combine for Defining Love Reinventing the lute song: countertenor Iestyn Davies & harpist Oliver Wass in John Dowland, Purcell, Nico Muhly & Britten at Hatfield House Music Festival

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Slipped Disc August 14, 2025

Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs

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The great satirist tells Roy Plomley he has ‘not that wide’ tastes in music.

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Slipped Disc April 20, 2025

The principal guest dances

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The Czech Phil with its principal guest conductor gets grooving with the firt set of Dvorak Slavonic Dances. We ran the second set a few weeks back. The post The principal guest dances appeared first […]

Slipped Disc October 30, 2024

Artistic coordinator quits La Scala

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The departure of Dominique Meyer as Sovrintendente has set off a gave of musical chairs on the top floor of La Scala. First to go is the supremely well-informed André Comploi, Meyer’s right-hand man for […]

Slipped Disc June 11, 2024

A second bad rebrand for Royal Opera House

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Last month Covent Garden changed its brand to Royal Ballet and Opera. Today it announced Rolex as ‘principal partner’, whatever that might mean. Rolex makes watches exclusively for the super-rich. If that’s the image Covent […]