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Sad news: Bill Oddie – comic-actor (e.g. The Goodies), naturalist and broadcaster – has died aged 85. In the late-1980s, Bill played the Lord High Executioner in ENO’s production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado, directed by Jonathan Miller.

Jul 27, 2026 | News, Videos

Last night on 107.3 I Shuffled on to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture Swingled. The Swingle Singers, 1989.

Jul 27, 2026 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Unexpected, Videos

Aspen Music Festival and School – Dima Slobodeniouk conducts Quiet City, Amériques, La valse, and Daniil Trifonov plays Glazunov’s Second Piano Concerto. Livestream on AMFS Virtual Stage.

Jul 27, 2026 | Concert Reviews, Videos

Edgard Varèse (1883/Paris-1965/New York City) with Frank Zappa Sunday, July 26, 2026 Klein Music Tent, Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado Brave New Worlds: Aspen’s “beautiful” (Robert Spano) environment meets the harsher...

Many Happy Returns to my good friend Chris Caspell, co-founder & MD of The Classical Source. Life’s a Carousel and then you turn Sixty. When partying is over you can recover in the Appalachian Mountains, but time will still go by, even in Casablanca.

Jul 25, 2026 | Ramblings, Videos

Conducted by Alfred Newman. Berlin Radio SO/Gerard...

Legendary conductors, historic concerts: artistic personalities who shaped the Berliner Philharmoniker’s history.

Jul 17, 2026 | Videos

Legendary conductors, historic concerts Take a trip back in time with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In the Digital Concert Hall archive, numerous historic concerts, films and interviews offer the chance to encounter celebrated artistic...

Bastille Day – La Marseillaise (Rouget de Lisle/Berlioz) conducted by Michel Plasson.

Jul 14, 2026 | News, Videos