Scottish violist William Primrose died on this day in 1982 – aged 77. A protege of Eugène Ysaÿe, Maestro Primrose is remembered as one of…
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Jorma Panula now accepts women conductors
Remember the outcry when the Finnish maestro-maker said women could never make it in the podium? ‘Some of them are making faces, sweating and fussing,…
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Berlin Phil posts Kirill Petrenko ‘interview’
The incoming chief conductor has a well-known aversion to media. He gives no interviews, appears on no TV shows. For his first season launch, he…
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A string quartet receives four Strads to play
The Kuss Quartet have been loaned four Paganini Stradivarius instruments by the Nippon Foundation to play the complete Beethoven Cycle in Tokyo, at Suntory Hall…
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Four of the best Khachaturian recordings
Rating: 0 Tocatta; Sonatina; Sonata etc.Murray McLachlan (piano)Regis RRC 1184 An excellent overview of Khachaturian’s career through a fine selection of his piano works. …
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The best recordings of Poulenc’s Flute Sonata
Rating: 0 A successful performance of the Sonata needs an acute sense of interaction between the players. All chamber music demands that, you might well…
View More The best recordings of Poulenc’s Flute SonataA Day in the Life: Kevin Malone’s new violin concerto inspired by tragic stories from the industrial heritage of the textile mills
Anglo-American composer Kevin Malone‘s new violin concerto for Andy Long, associate leader of the Orchestra of Opera North, is inspired by the industrial past of…
View More A Day in the Life: Kevin Malone’s new violin concerto inspired by tragic stories from the industrial heritage of the textile millsWhy is it such a struggle for new voices to be heard in the old world of English opera? | Erica Jeal
Many think of it as people singing loudly over a huge orchestra, but opera can be so much more Who’d be the boss of a…
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A window onto 18th century taste: the multi-composer Naples version of Handel’s Rinaldo
Handel & Leo Rinaldo (1718 Naples Version); Carmela Remigio, Francisco Fernandez-Rueda, Loriana Castellano, Teresa Iervolino, Francesca Ascioti, Orchestra La Scintilla, Fabio Luisi; Dynamic Reviewed by…
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Inspired by birds: the City of London Sinfonia looks at composers’ fascination with birdsong
On Friday 3 May 2019, the City of London Sinfonia launches its new concert series Absolute Bird which explores 800 years of music inspired by…
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