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
Petroc Trelawny takes BBC Radio 3 Breakfast listeners on a live journey across Northern Ireland (Mon 18 – Fri 22 September).
Petroc Trelawny takes BBC Radio 3 Breakfast listeners on a live journey across Northern Ireland, from Carlingford Lough to Lough Foyle BBC Radio 3 Breakfast – live in Northern Ireland Monday 18 - Friday 22 September, 6.30am to 9am BBC Radio 3’s much-loved Breakfast...
The National’s BRYCE DESSNER announces new soundtrack for Rebecca Millar’s ‘SHE CAME TO ME’ about opera composer.
WATCH THE OFFICIAL FILM TRAILER HERE PRE-SAVE ALBUM HERE This autumn, acclaimed filmmaker Rebecca Miller presents She Came to Me, a new romantic comedy starring Hollywood stars Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei. The original...
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 60: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Weill & Rachmaninov, with Kirill Gerstein playing Thomas Adès’s Piano Concerto. Live on BBC Radio 3.
Photo, Andy Paradise Thursday, August 31, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Before this Prom for me there had been:...
George Enescu Festival 2023 – London Symphony Orchestra – Simon Rattle conducts Enescu’s Voix de la nature & Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie (Peter Donohoe, Cynthia Millar). Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Cynthia Millar playing the ondes Martenot Thursday, August 31, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Make no mistake, THIS was Sir Simon's final concert with the LSO as its music director. Voix de la nature opens sadly, lower strings...
George Enescu Festival 2023 – Czech Philharmonic – Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven, Dvořák and Enescu. Live stream on the Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Thursday, August 31, 2023 The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest This early-evening concert opened with a quick-fire account of Beethoven's First Symphony, eager and robust if a little too slick, keenly detailed and with drilled rhythms, played with panache, yet overall...
English Touring Opera presents two new productions for 2023 autumn tour.
English Touring Opera presents two new productions for 2023 autumn tour ETO’s The Coronation of Poppea and Cinderella © feastcreative London, Leamington Spa, Norwich, Saffron Walden, Snape, Buxton, Exeter, Poole 30 September – 15 November Monteverdi’s The...
Lise Davidsen announces new album ahead of The Last Night Of The Proms.
Lise Davidsen, the most in-demand soprano in the world right now, announces the release of her new album, ‘Christmas From Norway’ via DECCA Classics on November 10th, 2023. Hailed as “The living, breathing meteor of the current opera...
Sir John Eliot Gardiner steps down from forthcoming performances.
Thursday 31 August, 2023 SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER STEPS DOWN FROM FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES STATEMENT ISSUED BY INTERMUSICA ON BEHALF OF SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER Sir John Eliot Gardiner has taken the decision to withdraw from all engagements until next...
