From the LA Phil: The LA Phil today announced a major addition to its 2025/26 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall: Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett will appear as narrator in four performances of Beethoven’s Egmont in February 2026 […]
After being bowled over by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Bacewicz’s magnificent Symphonies 3 and 4 (2023 Chandos), I’ve been eagerly awaiting the follow-up disc and wondered why it’s taking so […]
What an opportunity this is! As the Khachaturian Competition in Armenia (Yerevan) consistently proves, Aram Khachaturian (1903-78) is a composer to be reckoned with (see my review of that competition in 2021 here). He is […]