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Berliner Philharmoniker – Kirill Petrenko conducts Elgar’s Enigma Variations & Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony. Live Digital Concert Hall webcast.

Aug 21, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Friday, August 21, 2026 Berliner Philharmonie, Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, Berlin The Berliners are back, if imminently on tour including Edinburgh Festival and BBC Proms, both taking this programme. In May 2009 Kirill Petrenko, when guesting with the Philharmoniker,...

Last night a friend was ‘In London Town’ and took these photos of Tower Bridge and The Shard.

Aug 17, 2026 | Ramblings, Videos

Philharmonia Orchestra*/Barbirolli. Released 1963/HMV ASD 548 c/w Enigma Variations. *The YT poster mistakenly credits the...

Today’s Solar Eclipse: the view from Spain.

Aug 12, 2026 | News, Videos

Photograph probably from Mallorca, a total eclipse Decca...

Many Happy Returns to Edward, 80+1 today. For him, Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma & Baltimore SO/David Zinman. November 11, 1994; Japan.

Aug 9, 2026 | Ramblings, Videos

Many Happy Returns to composer Betsy Jolas, 100 today.

Aug 5, 2026 | Betsy Jolas centenary - born August 5, 1926, News, Videos

September 26, 2024 BBC Proms 2026 – BBC Philharmonic – John Storgårds conducts Summer Sea and Zarathustra, with Sueye Park playing Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Nicholas Collon conducts Betsy Jolas’s A Little...

Salvete in mense anni octavo, Augusto.

Aug 1, 2026 | Guest Contributors, Insights, Ramblings, Videos

Ancient Roman partying: Respighi’s Feste Romane. Sinfonia of London/John Wilson. July 24, 2026; BBC Proms. Edward Johnson writes… It’s the 1st of the month again and, as is traditional in the Column, the day is marked with some musical offerings. As...