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Watch Kathleen Battle’s Met farewell
The controversial US soprano, 75, went for the…
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Cancer claims top sax, 78
The magnificent saxophonist David Sanborn has died of…
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Orchestras
CBSO proclaims zero tolerance
Here’s another screed of verbiage posted by Emma…
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Orchestras
Maestro bows out with a hint: Mission Impossible
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Bad label news: Warner relaunch with wealthy agent’s wife
We are following with considerable sympathy the attempt…
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Frankfurt Oper boss gets renewed for the decade
Frankfurt is so pleased with its intendant Bernd…
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Her Majesty meets her new Master
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Alison Balsom: We have lost a Hollywood superstar
The trumpet virtuoso has sent us these reflections…
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A second London orchestra is headless
We reported last night that the OAE had…
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Flash: US bans flights to Israel over rocket fears
The Federal Aviation Administration has prohibited U.S. airlines…
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One London orch, maybe two, loses manager
We hear that the ultra-democratic Orchestra of the…
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Label news: Leon Fleisher’s first in a decade
The one-armed pianist is back with a solo…
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Isaac Stern: An orchestra player’s view
The reassessment continues, this chapter consisting of a…
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Hindemith Prize goes to someone you never heard of
Such a relief to report that an award…
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Renee, in play
Ms Fleming is attempting straight theatre, as an…
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The longest serving conductors on earth
The death of Lorin Maazel deprives us of…
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Two great Russian pianists in Martha’s vineyard
Daniil Trifonov is champion of the new…
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Second job for Judith Weir
Press release, just landed: The…
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A son’s requiem, composed as Claudio Abbado lay dying
Etienne Abelin, a member of the Lucerne Festival…
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A non-political statement by Daniel Barenboim and Mariam Said
We have been alerted belatedly to the statement…
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Judith is confirmed as Master: Expect no further shocks
At midnight, Buckingham Palace did as expected. It…
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Tributes to a true and mighty trumpet
Stunned by his death in a road accident,…
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Top Israeli conductor joins anti-war protest in Tel Aviv
The conductor Ilan Volkov, music director of the…
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BBC Proms loses two Rosenkavalier singers tomorrow and a conductor
Just in: Prom 6 (Tuesday 22 July) We…
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