The latest Nielsen Soundscan figures on US  music sales show that Hilary Hahn’s dominance with 27 new commissions was shortlived. She has been displaced by another Decca disc of singing nuns. Don’t they all sound alike?

Sales, overall, are worryingly low in Thanksgiving week, with the top three classics selling barely 500 copies each.

The musician, whose identity is being protected, was seized while travelling from Anzoategui province to Caracas. The victim, a member of the horn section, has played in the main el sistema orchestra for 15 years.

Lawlessness is rife in Venezuela, unchecked by a government that rules by decree.

UPDATE here.