Many Happy Returns to Norman Carol, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra for three decades (for Ormandy, Muti and Sawallisch), 92 today.
On the link below, Mr Carol plays Fritz Kreisler's arrangement of a Chopin Mazurka, in A-minor, Opus 67/4. Rather lovely. The pianist is Julius Levine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfuA4_8mUvo
Bach Collegium Japan to release landmark St John Passion recording.
Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) will release a new recording of the St John Passion on 2nd October 2020. The recording was produced in early March, when the spread of the coronavirus cut BCJ’s 30th anniversary tour drastically short.As BCJ arrived in...
Montreux Jazz Festival.
MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENTS: ‘54th SUMMER OF MUSIC’ A 16 DAY VIRTUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVELY ON YOUTUBE FEATURING RARE PERFORMANCES BYNINA SIMONE, RORY GALLAGHER, ETTA JAMES, CARLOS SANTANA, DEEP PURPLE, TOM MISCH AND MANY MORE& THE WORLDWIDE PREMIERES...
Many Happy Returns to Nikolai Demidenko, 65 today.
Post #450: Reimagining a Charity at 50: Music for Youth Addresses its Diversity and Parity.
The national music charity does its part to confront and redress racial imbalances within the music industry with significant changes to its governance and beyond Music for Youth is implementing systemic changes to champion diversity, inclusivity and equalityin its...
The ISM writes to the government to advise against the suspension of music education from the curriculum.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has today written to Nick Gibb MP, the Minister for School Standards, to express serious concern at leaked government plans to suspend ‘non-core’ subjects from the curriculum and drop some GCSEs, to make time for catch-up in...
News from hcmf//
HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL (hcmf//) AND THE RIOT ENSEMBLE ANNOUNCE NEW ZEITGEIST COMMISSIONS - six new solo works to be presented at a future edition of hcmf// https://hcmf.co.uk/hcmf-and-the-riot-ensemble-announce-new-zeitgeist-commissions/ Huddersfield...
Many Happy Returns to Esa-Pekka Salonen, 62 today.
Same age as me but I am older! A long time ago I interviewed Esa-Pekka Salonen on the phone. He was scheduled to call me at 11.30 on the morning in question from Munich airport; he did so, to the second.
Many Happy Returns to conductor James Loughran, Barbirolli’s successor at the Hallé, 89 today.
A few years ago I met James Loughran at a lunchtime function and we had a pleasant chat, and he also bought me a beer.