Let’s lighten the mood and scintillate to Celibidache conducting Enescu’s First Romanian Rhapsody: now republished as a regular tonic.
George Enescu, 1881-1955, pictured. 1978, Bucharest, Sergiu Celibidache (1912-96), a native of Romania, if particularly associated today with orchestras in Stuttgart and Munich, and not forgetting some remarkable LSO appearances, here conducts the George Enescu...
Opera North announces postponement of Autumn 2020 and Winter 2021 seasons.
As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and the latest guidance on live performances, Opera North has today announced the postponement of all main stage productions due to tour in Autumn 2020 and Winter 2021. All productions previously planned for Autumn 2020 (La...
Paul McCartney, Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, Iron Maiden, and others, write to Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture…
"Live music has been one of the UK’s biggest social, cultural, and economic successes of the past decade. But, with no end to social distancing in sight or financial support from government yet agreed, the future for concerts and festivals and the hundreds of...
Music Theatre Wales and London Sinfonietta present new digital commission, AMAZON.
A new digital work presented and commissioned by Music Theatre Wales and London Sinfonietta, AMAZON will be released today as part of Homemakers, a series of commissions inviting artists to create new works at home, for an audience who are also at home....
Met announces Week 17 schedule for Nightly Met Opera Streams.
Viewers's Choice selection is the 1999 classic telecast of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde featuring Jane Eaglen and [pictured] Ben Heppner Other highlights include Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin with Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecień, ...
Sun Valley Music Festival Announces Programming for Online 2020 Summer Season.
Nation’s largest admission-free, privately supported festival of classical music presents 36th Summer Season as virtual festival from July 27 to August 19 viaSun Valley Music Festival web site (SVMusicFestival.org) Presented as free, one-time-only webcasts developed...
New York Philharmonic: Shanghai Orchestra Academy and Partnership, Summer 2020.
Virtual Activities Including:A Side-by-Side PerformanceMasterclasses Led by Philharmonic MusiciansSound of SOA: Past Chamber Music Performances SOA chamber performance, May 2019Photo credit: Zheng Yi The sixth annual Shanghai Orchestra Academy and...
Sad news: Ida Haendel dies at the age of 91.
From an interview I did with Ms Haendel for What's On in London, published April 2004: For Ida Haendel, “life is hectic, turmoil. My life’s affected by what’s going on. Instead of saving mankind, people are killing each other. You only achieve by living.” Ida...
Hollywood Vampires – Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp announce 2021 UK tour, feat. Killing Joke.
American rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires have rearranged their 2020 UK tour for August 2021. The new dates come as a result of the ongoing situation around COVID-19 but the band are determined to bring their exhilarating show back to the UK fans as...