It seems amazing to me that I have not yet featured any music by the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho (born 1949). These three quartets date from 1967, 1970 and 1971; Aho’s First Symphony was born […]
The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow has announced a gala concert on September 5, featuring the Tatar soprano Aida Garifullina. The Bolshoi website says: ‘The detailed programme is kept in secret and will be know just […]
The Siege of Florence (1558) by Giorgio Vasari, Palazzo Vecchio, FlorenceSan Matteo in Arcetri is the reddish building in the bottom left of the picture Musica Secreta is the UK’s only all-female Renaissance ensemble. Their […]