Sir Neville Marriner, founding director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra turned 90 earlier this month. Believe it or not he apparently was beaten for ‘over- gesticulating’!
He looks back on his career in this interview with Stuart Jeffries of The Guardian.
Aided and abetted by pianist Erin Helyard, David Greco is by far Australia’s best current lieder baritone.
Nimrod Borenstein (b 1969) is a composer whose music is increasingly grabbing attention – especially that of Vladimir Ashkenazy, who will conduct two of his works in 2013, one in Leicester in February (The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe, Op 52) and the other in June at the Royal Festival Hall (If you…
Omega Ensemble has a new release on ABC Classics, featuring an all Mozart programme recorded in concert at Sydney’s City Recital Hall. The ensemble is conducted by Paul Meyer, clarinet with bassoonist Ben Hoadley, performing Mozart’s classic Symphony No. 40 with his Clarinet and Bassoon Concertos. The tracks: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622/ Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in…
So Silvio Berlusconi has finally stepped down. Recently, Alex Ross wrote about the indifference of the Berlusconi government to supporting the arts in Italy. (1) Ross also makes reference to the unprecedented action by Riccardo Muti, conducting Nabucco halted the performance and spoke to the audience about the situation. The response from both the chorus and the…
Opera director John Copley, pianist Stephen Hough and conductor Sir Simon Rattle are amongst the musicians to be recognised in the Queen’s 2014 New Year Honours List. Read more from BBC Music Magazine.
Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim of the New York Times, writes about this form of ‘high-culture hooliganism’.