Hi,
I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.
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George Enescu Festival 2023 – Orchestra & Choir of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Zubin Mehta conducts the Prelude to Enescu’s Œdipe & Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony. Live stream on the Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
George Enescu (1881-1955) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania Last night, Verdi’s Otello,...
BBC Proms 2023 – Souvenir photo of Prom 57: Fantasy, Myths and Legends. Monday August 28 @ Royal Albert Hall, London.
Photo, Andy Paradise Katie Derham presenter Ali Plumb presenter Felicity Buckland mezzo soprano BBC Concert Orchestra The Huddersfield Choral Society Anna-Maria Helsing Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings Symphonic Suite – Fellowship of The RingRamin...
George Enescu Festival 2023 – Orchestra & Choir of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi’s Otello, with Fabio Sartori, Anastasia Bartoli and Luca Salsi. Live stream on the Enescu Festival website and also live on Radio România Cultural.
Monday, August 28, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania In the first of their two appearances at this year's Enescu Festival (the second is tomorrow, Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony) Zubin Mehta conducted Maggio Musicale Fiorentino forces in...
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 57: Hannah Waddingham withdraws.
Tonight’s Fantasy Film Music at the Proms will now be presented by Katie Derham and Ali Plumb. Due to the ongoing Screen Actors Guild strike, Hannah Waddingham has decided, sadly, she can no longer host due to the contents of the Prom.
Many Happy Returns to Dame Imogen Cooper, 74 today.
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 56: London Symphony Orchestra. BBC Singers. Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth Symphony and Poulenc’s Figure humaine. Live on BBC Radio 3.
Photo, Mark Allan Sunday, August 27, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London For Simon Rattle’s final UK concert as the LSO’s music director (to be followed by imminent appearances in Berlin and Bucharest with the orchestra while he still holds the position), whether it had to...
64st FERRUCCIO BUSONI INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION: AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SOLO FINALS 6 CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE CHAMBER MUSIC STAGE | 64.INTERNATIONALER FERRUCCIO BUSONI KLAVIERWETTBEWERB: AM ENDE DES SOLO FINALES SECHS KANDIDATEN ZUM KAMMERMUSIK RUNDE ZUGELASSEN.
At the end of the solo finals of 64st International Ferruccio Busoni Piano competition, the jury headed by Ingrid Fliter has decided to admit the following 6 candidates to the upcoming chamber music stage on August 29, 30 &...
BBC Proms 2023 – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective @ Hall for Cornwall, Truro, on the afternoon of Sunday August 27. Schubert’s Trout, Coleridge-Taylor’s Nonet, Gershwin Songs.
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667, "Trout" Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet in F minor, Op. 2 Gershwin. arr. Poster:Love Walked InThe Man I LoveA Foggy DayThey Can't Take That Away From Me Kaleidoscope Chamber CollectiveArmand Dijkoloum, oboeCristina Mateo Sáez,...
BBC Proms 2023 – Prom 55: Boston Symphony Orchestra (2/2). Andris Nelsons conducts Carlos Simon, Stravinsky & Ravel, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Gershwin’s Concerto in F. Live on BBC Radio 3.
Photo, Chris Christodoulou Saturday, August 26, 2023 Royal Albert Hall, London Groundhog Day! Once again, a Prom yielded to an event in Berlin,...