An extraordinary document from 1985, a time when musicians defied generic categorisation.
The piano version of his pal Fritz Kreisler’s soupy Liebesleid is a good deal more morose than the original.
The German musician, one of the most performed contemporary composers, discusses Covid and creativity with Zsolt Bognar in the latest long-awaited edition of Living the Classical Life.
‘I write by hand,’ he says. ‘The most dangerous key is copy-paste.’
The veteran Zubin Mehta, 84, was taken to hospital in Milan from La Scala after feeling uncomfortable during Salome rehearsals.
He will remain under observation until Monday.
Zubin has survived kidney cancer. He’s not giving up.
If you haven’t seen them, you must.
So Deutsch Humor it’s almost Dutch.
There have been several meetings about orchestra touring between UK and EU officials and the Association of British Orchestras (ABO).
The outlook is as bad as it can be.
The EU insists it will impose “cabotage” on UK orchestra, which means no UK orchestra can visit more than two destinations during the same tour, and both must be within the same EU member state. That means, quite simply an end of EU touring for orchestras which rely on multiple venues to cover their costs.
An ABO source tells Slipped Disc it’s not entirely unexpected.
Apparently, Britain while in the EU, was already subject to a cabotage rule of three laden journeys. However, orchestras and concert hauliers simply ignored it and immigration officers just waved them through. No more free rides now. The ABO is warning that vehicles with UK plates are more likely to be pulled over by roadside police and have their details checked.
Either way, the Europe touring days are over and UK orchs will have to seek new markets.
Known as ‘Le Marien’, this valuable Strad was stolen from a New York showroom in April 2002, and the insurers paid up.
On a warm spring day in April 2002, an 18th Century Stradivarius violin, created by master craftsman Antonio Stradivari, went missing from the showroom of a Lincoln Center area rare violin workshop and store…
The Strad belonged…. wait for it …. to IMG’s questionable owner Barrett Wissman.
Read on here.
Sonntag, 14. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI (Vorstellung vom 1. November 2015)
Dramma giocoso in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Adam Fischer
Inszenierung: Jean-Louis Martinoty
Mit u.a.: Mariusz Kwiecien, Erwin Schrott, Marina Rebeka, Juliane Banse, Benjamin Bruns
Montag, 15. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr – Ballett
Ludwig Minkus (arr. John Lanchbery)
DON QUIXOTE (Vorstellung vom 28. Mai 2016)
Choreografie: Rudolf Nurejew
Musikalische Leitung: Kevin Rhodes
Mit u.a.: Maria Yakovleva, Denys Cherevychko, Ketevan Papava, Roman Lazik, Olga Esina, Corps des ballet des Wiener Staatsballetts
Dienstag, 16. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (Vorstellung vom 4. April 2016)
Dramma serio per musica in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Adam Fischer
Inszenierung: Jürgen Flimm
Mit u.a.: Benjamin Bruns, Caroline Wenborne, Margarita Gritskova, Hila Fahima, Miriam Albano
Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Vorstellung vom 4. Jänner 2015)
Oper in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Adam Fischer
Inszenierung: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
Mit u.a.: Benjamin Bruns, Olga Bezsmertna, Íride Martínez, Markus Werba, Annika Gerhards, Franz-Josef Selig
Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Gaetano Donizetti
L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Vorstellung vom 13. Juni 2016)
Melodramma giocoso in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Marco Armiliato
Inszenierung: Otto Schenk
Mit u.a.: Valentina Nafornita, Stephen Costello, Marco Caria, Erwin Schrott
Freitag, 19. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Gioachino Rossini
LA CENERENTOLA (Vorstellung vom 22. Februar 2018)
Dramma giocoso in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Inszenierung: Rolf Glittenberg
Mit u.a.: Isabelle Leonard, Maxim Mironov, Alessio Arduini, Luca Pisaroni
Samstag, 20. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Vincenzo Bellini
LA SONNAMBULA (Vorstellung vom 13. Jänner 2017)
Melodramma in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Guillermo García Calvo
Inszenierung: Marco Arturo Marelli
Mit u.a.: Daniela Fally, Juan Diego Flórez, Luca Pisaroni, Maria Nazarova
Sonntag, 21. Februar 2021, 18.00 Uhr (LIVE)
Georges Bizet
CARMEN
Opéra comique in vier Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Inszenierung: Calixto Bieito
Mit u.a.: Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczala, Erwin Schrott
Montag, 22. Februar 2021, 19.00 Uhr
Gaetano Donizetti
L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Vorstellung vom 13. Juni 2016)
Melodramma giocoso in zwei Akten
Musikalische Leitung: Marco Armiliato
Inszenierung: Otto Schenk
Mit u.a.: Valentina Nafornita, Stephen Costello, Marco Caria, Erwin Schrott
Another unexpected heart-stringer from musicians of the Orchestra de Paris.
