Sad news: mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig has died at the age of 93.
A song by Richard Strauss, with Gerald Moore, from 1961. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmQE5cWZAF4
![Brahms does the Double, Beethoven the Triple – Norman Del Mar conducts Concertos with Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, George Malcolm and Manoug Parikian [Danacord]](http://www.colinscolumn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/dana-400x250.jpg)
Brahms does the Double, Beethoven the Triple – Norman Del Mar conducts Concertos with Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, George Malcolm and Manoug Parikian [Danacord]
Aldeburgh Festival, June 21, 1973. Brahms’s Double Concerto (Opus 102, for Violin and Cello) opens powerfully, cellist Bengtsson introduces himself with virility and rich tone; in response, Parikian (a one-time leader of the Philharmonia Orchestra), is sweet and...
![Tampere Filharmonia – Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Beethoven’s Leonore No.3, Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite [live webcast]](http://www.colinscolumn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tampere-hall-400x250.jpg)
Tampere Filharmonia – Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Beethoven’s Leonore No.3, Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite [live webcast]
Friday, April 23, 2021 Tampere Hall, Yliopistonkatu 55, 33101 Tampere, Finland Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga Santtu-Matias Rouvali's home-base orchestra in Finland is the Tampere Philharmonic, where he's been chief conductor since 2013, succeeding Hannu Lintu and John...
The Met announces live, streaming plans for its National Council Audition final rounds.
Twenty-three semifinalists compete in public auditions on Sunday, May 9, for the chance to advance to the Grand Finals Finalists to compete at the public Grand Finals Concert, on Sunday, May 16, at 3pm ET Winners will receive individual cash prizes of $20,000...
Many Happy Returns to composer Roxanna Panufnik, 53 today.
Many Happy Returns to John Williams, 80 today.
Many Happy Returns to Barbra Streisand, 79 today.
TODAY: BBC Radio 3’s Stravinsky Day is rescheduled to this Saturday, April 24.
Originally published on April 19 https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl8t/2021/04/24 http://www.colinscolumn.com/april-10-tomorrows-bbc-radio-3-stravinsky-day-is-mostly-postponed/...
Melancholy Grace – Jean Rondeau: released May 7 on Erato.
Melancholy Grace is a poetic collection of keyboard music from the 16th and 17th centuries by composers from Italy, the Netherlands, England and Germany. The French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has conceived the album as a sombre, but eloquent dialogue between two...