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I managed to catch the fourth performance of the COC’s current run of Verdi’s Otello last night.  It’s a David Alden production that first aired…

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It has just been announced that the Philharmonia’s managing director Helen Sprott is stepping down after just over two years in the job. Helen was…

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Tom Levine, an artist, was the conductor’s ever-present right-hand man. He has put his New York pad up for sale at $10.5 million. More pics…

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Rating:  0 The historical journey of choral music is a fascinating one. It’s journeyed from plainchant, sung in a strict liturgical settings by monks underneath…

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Jinhee Park and Polixeni Tziouvaras We have written about the lovely and versatile mezzo-soprano Polixeni Tziouvaras quite a number of times in her past few…

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Yun-Ting Lee, a member of the Cleveland Orchestra’s second violins, gave evidence yesterday at the trial of three teenagers who robbed his house and stole…

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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society set off a global search after a kid shouted ‘wow’ at the end of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral on Sunday. Finally,…

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Can’t imagine why. Such a nice tune by Haydn. But the prime minister of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow, says they hate it in the eastern part…

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Rating:  0 Violin Concerto in D minor Such is the popularity of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor that people tend to overlook that, as…

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