Hi,
I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.
Welcome to my Column, a bit of a blog: news, reviews, things to watch, and other posts to read; a mix of things. I hope you like the contents.
Cheers, Col
London Music Masters Launches New Online Series Friday Live!
The music education charity’s weekly package of engaging events andabsorbing activities keeps young people creative and curious through lockdown • London Music Masters’ new initiative, Friday Live!, is a brand new series of online live sessionsand downloadable...
Appointments: Zoë Beyers to be co-leader of BBC Philharmonic | Vassily Sinaisky to be music director of Janáček Philharmonic.
Beethoven 250 – Stephen Hough records the Five Piano Concertos | Hannu Lintu conducts [Hyperion]
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (with thanks to Alan Sillitoe): that was my plan to audition Stephen Hough’s survey for Hyperion of Beethoven’s Five Piano Concertos. I achieved my goal, but unlike a similar stratagem for Stewart Goodyear’s recent versions (see...
Happy Birthdays today to Valery Gergiev, 67, and to Philippe Herreweghe, 73.
Ravinia, America’s oldest summer music festival, which has run more or less continuously since 1904, has cancelled for 2020. Tanglewood and Hollywood Bowl still to decide.
Staying indoors (wise so to do) this Easter? Here are some recording recommendations, if needed
Republished from April 10 on the basis that what held good for Easter also holds good for every day. The thirty-one of my Editor’s Choices written for Classical Source (published from Jan 2017 to Oct 2019) are linked to here:...
Grigory Sokolov [Deutsche Grammophon]
Deutsche Grammophon already has in its catalogue one of the great piano recordings: Sokolov live at Salzburg, Mozart & Chopin (review-link below). Now, this wonderful Russian artist (born in 1950) is heard in a 2019 programme, pieced together from June appearances...
Beethoven 250 – Martha Argerich plays Piano Concerto No.2 | Seiji Ozawa conducts [Decca]
Watch out: Martha Argerich is in town: Mito City, Japan, 28 May 2019. In Beethoven’s B-flat Piano Concerto (published as No.2), her fourth recording of it, Argerich gives a sparkling, poised and dynamic account of the solo part, accompanied in lively and detailed...
Colorado Music Festival Announces Cancellation of Summer Festival
BOULDER, Colo. (May 1, 2020) – The board of directors of the Colorado Music Festival (CMF) announces cancellation of the 2020 Colorado Music Festival, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The six-week summer concert series was scheduled to take place June...