From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The sound of Berlin in the Weimar years is defined by Kurt Weill. More than any other composer, his music for the Bertolt Brecht shows conjured the jittery, […]
Gresham College is hosting the inaugural Festival of Musical Ideas on Friday 20 June 2025 at the college in Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn. Gresham Professors will present a day of learning, exploration and music, fusing music with science and the […]
This letter is doing the rounds online from conductor Anton Lubchenko to members of the St. Petersburg Governor’s Symphony Orchestra. You may find it horrific, sadistic and misanthropic. Russian musicians tell us that’s how things […]