In a rare toe-dip into contemporary music, the Vienna Philharmonic will tonight play Bruno Hartl’s Ballad for Large Orchestra, ahead of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Hartl was a timpanist in the orchestra. He retired early in […]
The Swiss choral composer François Pantillon has died, a month after his 97th birthday. Pantillon published many tonal Christian choral pieces and cantatas before a friendship with Krzysztof Penderecki led him to a more adventurous, […]
The St Louis Symphony Orchestra has just inked a four-year contract with its musicians. It involves an immediate $10,000 increase to salaries, followed by raises of 3%, 3.25%, and 3.5% in subsequent years. By 2030 […]