Hi,
I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.
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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...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Herbert Blomstedt conducts Schubert & Berwald. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Franz Berwald (1796-1868) Wednesday, September 6, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest For the second of their two Enescu Festival concerts, Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhaus Orchestra traded Enescu and Buckner,...
BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo for Prom 67: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want Two. Tuesday September 5 @ Royal Albert Hall, London (late-night).
Photo, Andy Paradise (taken at Prom 66) BBC Concert Orchestra/Sarah Hicks, with guest Jake Shears. Wainwright arr Michael P Atkinson Agnus DeiWainwright, arr Sally Herbert The One You LoveWainwright, arr Sally Herbert Peach TreesWainwright, arr Van Dyke Parks Little...
BBC Proms 2023 – souvenir photo for Prom 66: Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want One. Tuesday September 5 @ Royal Albert Hall, London (evening).
Photo, Andy Paradise BBC Concert Orchestra/Sarah Hicks. Wainwright, arr John Hickin Want Symphonic OvertureWainwright, arr Chris Elliott Oh What a WorldWainwright, arr Max Mostin I Don’t Know What It IsWainwright, arr Sally Herbert Vicious WorldWainwright, arr Sally...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Paavo Järvi conducts Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Following their concert last night,...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Herbert Blomstedt conducts Enescu & Bruckner. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest This early-evening concert opened with 'Prélude à l’unisson' from Enescu's Orchestral Suite No.1, sonorous and soulful music, played with intensity by the Leipzig strings, joined a few minutes in by timpani....
Royal College of Music launches free bassoon training programme.
Royal College of Music launches free training programme for young bassoonists The RCM Young Bassoon Programme will provide 11–18-year-olds with the opportunity to join a community of young bassoonists and learn from world-leading teachers. The Royal College of...
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 65: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Semyon Bychkov conducts Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Live on BBC Radio 3.
Photo, Chris Christodoulou Monday, September 4, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London From Bucharest,...