We hear that all airlines in Europe are routinely overbooked this month. Some worse than others. This cri de coeur has just landed from the celebrated violinist Gidon Kremer: I feel I must share the […]
This week’s free Opera of the Week on slippedisc.com courtesy of OperaVision,is Il barbiere di Siviglia from Stockholm. Inspired by commedia dell’arte, this production of Rossini’s comic masterpiece from Royal Swedish Opera is not only […]
The music collection of Liverpool flautist and humourist Fritz Spiegl (1926-2003) is up for sale at Sotheby’s next week, July 11. It includes a letter in English from Mendelssohn, and plenty from more recent English […]