From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Composers have learned not to mess with Beethoven. Fewer variations have been written on themes by Beethoven than on any other master’s work. Reformers, like Mahler, who sought […]
Until the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed ion November 1918, the port of Trieste on the Adriatic was its only outlet to the sea. Now, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra has re-established a post-imperial residency. Italy’s ambassador to […]
Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Manchester Camerata (Photo: Anthony Robling) Music director Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 with Caroline Pether plus music by Fanny Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and returns with Mozart, Made in Manchester, with soprano Ying […]