Folks have lately pointed out the merits of Peoples’ Symphony Concerts, which ‘presents world-class music for people of modest incomes in New York City’ (or so it says on the wrapper). The series, founded in […]
Christophe Rousset’s performance of Bach’s Osterortorium, BWV 249, in Aix en Provence recently led me to his disc from 2011: Frans Brüggen’s Amsterdam account with the Orchestra of the 18th Century and Cappella Amsterdam with […]
Orchestra musicians at the Metropolitan Opera in New York have posted this picture of their cello section last night. No men to draw a bow. They’ll be rubbing their eyes in the Vienna Philharmonic. The […]