Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes: Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly was the first woman of color to start a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)…
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The US conductor Stephen Gunzenhauser whose Dvorak symphonic cycle was a breakthrough project on the budget label, is stepping down after 40 years as music…
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From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Never one to leave his audience short of music, Beethoven wrote this oratorio for an 1803 Vienna concert…
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We are saddened by the passing of the bass singer Spiro Malas, who died in New York last weekend. Spiro, a stalwart of NY City…
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From the civil war at the National Theatre in Prague we hear that the bumbling administration gave the conductor Jaroslav Kyzlink a massive pay rise…
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Now the 16th Tchaikovsky Competition is over, we can take a slightly more distanced and nuanced approach. This site is sometimes criticised by Russian-based for…
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From the TV composer Nick Harvey: Dad has dementia. Sometimes he drifts into another world and I feel like I’m losing him. He is…
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The London Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Clarinet, Andrew Marriner, will play his last concert with the orchestra on Tuesday. It will mark the end of two…
View More Farewell to London’s #1 clarinetThe Mature Salonen Takes on Standard Rep, to ‘Spectacular’ End. By TIMOTHY MANGAN, Musical America, April 30, 2019. For the fourth program out of five…
View More Review: Salonen, LA Phil, RespighiWe’ve all been there. It’s a Friday night after a long week. We’re exhausted. Our boss has taken every ounce of motivation and joy out…
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