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Winchester’s plan to get rid of choristers
We have been leaked a PowerPoint plan that…
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Opera
Thomas Mann opera flops
For a novelist who was obsessed with Wagner,…
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10 percent drop out of Queen Elisabeth competition
The Queen Elisabeth Competition for violinists begins on…
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Trouble in church (2): The case of the non-undeniable NDA
Three years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin…
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While Putin bombs Ukraine, Currentzis conducts Midnight in Moscow
From Boris Filanovsky, three days ago: This morning…
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Death of a horn legend, 89
The son of Hermann Baumann, one of the…
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Choral composer, RIP
The Washington Post eulogises Alice Parker, composer of…
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Orchestras
Saariaho’s daughter will conduct memorial concert
We hear that Kaija’s daughter Aliisa Neige Barrière…
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Yuja Wang plays Boulez in China
This is an unofficial snatch of some challenging…
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Mourning for a British clarinet
The family have posted news of the passing…
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Nice new Italian conductor is called ‘fascist’
There were demonstrations today at Nice Opera against…
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Opera
The Met’s Carmen is ‘bland, lethargic’
Zachary Woolfe in the NY Times gives the…
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Death of a leading clarinet
The royal orchestra of Sevilla in Spain has…
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New Year’s 2025 will be conducted by him, again
The Vienna Philharmonic has announced the name of…
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Orchestras
Vienna Phil switches concertmaster
Contrary to advance publicity, it was Rainer Honeck…
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RIP
The quintessential American composer, RIP
The composer Ron Nelson, who died on December…
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Orchestras
Boos for Beethoven’s 9th in Vienna
The Konzerthaus audience voiced its dismay at the…
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Orchestras
The sleepiest Vienna New Year’s Day ever
Greytops are struggling to remember a New Year’s…
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Opera
The Met’s new Carmen loses its Don José
Hours before the opening of its big year-end…
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New Year’s Day Opera 2024 – Verdi’s Traviata
Slippedisc is celebrating New Year’s Day with Verdi’s…
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Rachmaninoff did not belong to Russia
From my review in this weekend’s Wall Street…
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