Watch: Robot plays cello solo with orchestra

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … It’s 1920 where the fun begins. Behind Haba’s cerebral exterior lurks mischief. The fourth of six pieces for piano is a setting of the nursery rhyme ‘1-2-3-4-5, […]

The formidable cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Auschwitz survivor and longterm moral conscience of London’s orchestras, turned 100 today. Instead of a telegram from the King, she received a personal visit.   The post Anita, 100 appeared […]

Try this extraordinary Harmony of the Spheres by the Dutch composer Joep Franssens, a synthesist of choral styles from Bach to Ligeti. Just glorious sounds from the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, conductor […]