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
Sad news – Anatol Ugorski has died aged 80. Chopin and Scriabin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwLyJsTZDB0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQH4htQb6Gk
Cleveland Orchestra: A message regarding Franz Welser-Möst.
For release: September 8, 2023 CLEVELAND — Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst recently had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to undergo treatment between his conducting engagements for the next 12 to 16 months. His first period of...
BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo of Prom 69a: The BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin. Thursday September 7 @ Royal Albert Hall, London (late-night).
Photo, Chris Christodoulou BBC Singers Sofi Jeannin Soumik Datta sarod Aref Durvesh tabla Prathap Ramachandra Mridangam Laurence Kilsby tenor Glen Scott electronics producer Camilo Tirado Sound and Effects...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Lahav Shani conducts Enescu & Brahms, with Alexandre Kantorow playing Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Thursday, September 7, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania The Israel Philharmonic's second Festival appearance concluded with Brahms's First Symphony, a big-boned spacious account led by Lahav Shani if not without gutsy attack or emotional...
BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo of Prom 69, Mozart’s Requiem with Pygmalion. Thursday September 7 @ Royal Albert Hall, London.
Photo, Chris Christodoulou Trad.: Plainsong ‘In paradisum’Mozart: Requiem in D minor (compl. Süssmayr), interspersed with:Ach, zu kurz ist unsers LebenslaufMasonic Funeral MusicKyrie in D minor, K 90Thamos, King of Egypt – ‘Ne pulvis et cinis’Five Solfeggios – No...
Many Happy Returns to conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, 94 today.
Prom 69 / Change of soloist / Mozart’s Requiem / Tonight.
"Sandrine Piau will be performing in tonight’s Prom, Prom 69: Mozart’s Requiem, replacing Erin Morley, who is sadly unwell."
BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo of Prom 68: Max Richter: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Recomposed. Wednesday September 6 @ Royal Albert Hall, London.
Photo, Mark Allan Lera Auerbach: Sogno di Stabat MaterCorelli: Concerto grosso in F majorTippett: Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli Max Richter: Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons Britten Sinfonia Thomas Gould violin/director Clare...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Lahav Shani conducts Farrenc & Haydn, with Gil Shaham playing Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania In the first of two concerts at the Enescu Festival, the Israel Philharmonic and music director Lahav Shani (he succeeded Zubin Mehta and has retained his predecessor's preference...