Berliner Philharmoniker – The Golden Twenties – Thomas Søndergård conducts Prokofiev’s Love of Three Oranges, Sibelius’s Sixth Symphony and Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny [live webcast]
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Saturday, February 20, 2021 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin Guest Reviewer, Ateş Orga The Philharmoniker's Golden Twenties “online festival” looks back to the Weimar Republic and a decade when, to quote their sales...
The World Was Once All Miracle: The music of Raymond Yiu [Delphian]
It’s good to have a record of some recent orchestral music by Raymond Yiu (born 1973). In these BBC Symphony Orchestra concert tapings (applause removed), the first work, The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured (2012), is a scintillating scherzo, neon-coloured,...
From Norwegian Composer KIM ANDRÉ ARNESEN: World Premiere ‘Holy Spirit Mass’.
Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen releases a world premiere recording of his Holy Spirit Mass, out on Decca Classics on Easter Friday, 2nd April 2021. Arnesen’s works have crossed oceans and continents, with...
Many Happy Returns to Riccardo Chailly, 68 today.
http://www.colinscolumn.com/riccardo-chailly-extends-contract-as-music-director-of-lucerne-festival-orchestra-until-2026/
Many Happy Returns to composer Cindy McTee.
OAE’s Dido’s lament but in reverse and with BMXers.
Love Purcell. Love Coldplay. Love Music Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment continues to redefine classical music with new Purcell aria in reverse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19RJKnh9hbU Taking its energy from the...
Opera Holland Park introduces the 2021 Season, including casting and a reimagined auditorium.
Working with the set designer takis, Opera Holland Park has reimagined the stage and auditorium of its theatre. The new dynamic and exciting performance space provides maximum safety for audiences and artists under the company’s iconic canopy roof. Capacity will be...
Barbican announces continuation of ‘Live from the Barbican’ through summer 2021.
The Barbican today announced that its Live from the Barbican concert series will continue after Easter, including rescheduled dates from the postponed Live from the Barbican spring series. This will replace any previously announced concerts between...
Post #1,800: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott – single – ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.
(FEBRUARY 19, 2021 – NEW YORK, NY) -- Sony Classical announces the release of a new recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott. The single, newly arranged by Jorge Calandrelli,...