Месец: април 2019

The orchestra will play its annual Concert for Europe tomorrow in Paris at the Musée d’Orsay. The conductor is Daniel Harding, former chief of the…

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Marc-André Hamelin (file photo) Marc-André Hamelin has been renowned for three decades as one of the finest pianists anywhere, not only as an “intellectual” performer…

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Ewenny Priory, one of the venues for this yearsVale of Glamorgan Festival The Vale of Glamorgan Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with concerts…

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The year’s London Festival of Baroque Music, which runs from 10 to 18 May 2019, takes Crossing the Border as its theme, exploring travel and…

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Rating:  0 Every Monday, the BBC Music Magazine team choose their favourite new recordings of the past week. The tracks are compiled into The Playlist, which can…

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‘Faster speeds than usual, no excess sentiment but plenty of love’ This week’s free download is the third and final movement of Mendelssohn‘s Violin Concerto,…

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The Naghash Ensemble is an Armenian group which is new to me, they combine Armenian folk influences with Western classical with the energy of jazz…

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Amy Irving and Victoria Clark (photo by Richard Termine) Guest review by Ellen Godfrey: Lady in the Dark achieved legendary status from the day it…

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The numbers are in at the 50th anniversary of the German National Youth Orchestra (BJO) and some of the stats are striking: Around 4,000 musicians…

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