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
Many Happy Returns to James Conlon, 70 today.
Happy Birthday to John Lill, best wishes and 76 trombones (he already has a piano) to him on this day.
Many Happy Returns to Sir Roger Norrington, 86 today.
Sad news: composer Charles Wuorinen has died at the age of 81.
Bernard Haitink is 91 today. Happy Birthday (retired) maestro.
http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=16797
A Statement of Listening Intent
When I listen to music I do so as a singular act of concentration, not as a riposte to inclement weather, or for relaxing, or as background to another occupation. Whether a Light Music gem, such as Ronald Binge’s Elizabethan Serenade, or the thrilling energy and...
Parry’s Judith on Chandos
Chandos is about to issue the first-ever recording of Hubert Parry’s Judith. If you’d like to know more about the music, please click on the following link (the performers are the same): http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=16335
Valentine’s Day
It’s Valentine’s Day. Billets-doux sent out ... If music be the food of love, play on. Let me spool back a fortnight to Friday January 31. The plan was simple, to watch a Beethoven concert live from Dublin, Leonard Slatkin conducting the RTÉ National Symphony...
New MD at the DSO
A few weeks ago the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced that Italian conductor Jader Bignamini has been appointed Music Director beginning with the 2020-2021 season. He succeeds Leonard Slatkin. Jader Turandot...
From the Barbican Press Office
Following the sad news of Mariss Jansons’s passing in December 2019, we have been unable to secure a replacement conductor for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra concert on 7 April 2020. We therefore regret having to cancel this performance but look forward to...