Hi,
I’m Colin Anderson, a writer on music and the editor of Classical Source.
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Daniel Harding to conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in Israel.
Daniel Harding to conduct The Cleveland Orchestra in Israel on October 26-28 CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Orchestra has announced that Daniel Harding has graciously agreed to step in for Music Director Franz Welser-Möst to lead the ensemble in its three-concert...
DECCA CLASSICS CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN’S LEGENDARY RECORDING OF ‘WAR REQUIEM’.
DECCA CLASSICS CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN’S LEGENDARY RECORDING OF ‘WAR REQUIEM’ WITH A NEW HD TRANSFER ON LP, HYBRID SACD AND IN DOLBY ATMOS Decca Classics is proud to mark the 60th anniversary of Britten’s...
Enescu Festival 2023 – it’s worth noting if only for the record that today this ambitious Festival is performing Messiaen’s equally ambitious opera Saint François d’Assise in a concert performance.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania LE BALCONORCHESTRA OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERAMAXIME PASCAL conductorCHOIR OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL OPERAETHAN SCHMEISSER conductor of the choirROMANIAN RADIO ACADEMIC...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Cristian Mandeal conducts Kodály & Enescu, with Sheku Kanneh-Mason playing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania On home turf, the Hungarian National Philharmonic opened with Kodály's Dances of Galánta, responding with gypsy fervour to (Romanian) Cristian Mandeal, not a conductor to distance...
Barbican announces its classical music programme for spring and summer 2024.
Today (19 September) the Barbican announces its spring and summer 2024 season of classical music. From January to July next year, the Barbican will play host to emerging talent, radical ensembles, world-renowned orchestras, and outstanding soloists across a season...
Wigmore Hall – Restaurant and Bar | Relaunched and refreshed for the 2023/24 Season.
Our restaurant is now fully operational, with a refreshed menu and a comprehensive new wine list. The Restaurant offers a choice of small plates, sharing platters and a full à la carte menu to enjoy pre-concert, alongside an extensive drinks selection. 2 courses:...
Met Chorus Master Donald Palumbo to step down after almost 20 years.
New York, NY (September 18, 2023)— Met Chorus Master Donald Palumbo announced his decision to step down from the full-time role that he has held for the past 17 years at the end of the 2023–24 season in June. Widely regarded as opera’s leading chorus master,...
San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen announce Jenny Wong as next SF Symphony Chorus Director.
Wong is the San Francisco Symphony Chorus’s fourth Director in the Chorus’s 50-year history The San Francisco Symphony Chorus celebrates its 50th year during the 2023–24 season Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony announce Jenny Wong as...
Enescu Festival 2023 – Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Charles Dutoit conducts Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, with Martha Argerich playing Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto. Live stream on Enescu Festival website, also live on Radio România Cultural.
Monday, September 18, 2023 Grand Palace Hall, Ion Câmpineanu 28, Bucharest, Romania For the first of its two Enescu Festival evenings (Cristian Mandeal conducts the HNPO tomorrow), Charles Dutoit included the Pastorale-fantaisie by the composer eponymous to this...