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In Sweet Music – William Schuman at 100: A Centenary Tribute by Leonard Slatkin
If Charles Ives was the “Father” of American music, and Aaron Copland was the “Dean”, then, at the very least, William Schuman was our "favorite Uncle”. Not that this means...
Carnegie Hall Presents Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) RCA RED SEAL 88697538852 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (2 April 1948) Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor (21 March 1949) (57 minutes) RCA RED SEAL 88697548122...
Sound Moves
Sound Moves Music and Dance – The Next Generation Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall Friday, March 26, 2010 Sound Moves is a two-day event at the Southbank Centre...
Can Cabaret Survive in London?
With the threatened closure of Pizza on the Park this summer, is the already tiny cabaret scene in London completely doomed? Michael Darvell hopes not but has his doubts... Fifty...
Hey Presto! Emma Bell and The Cunning Little Vixen [The Royal Opera’s The Cunning Little Vixen, 19 March-1 April 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the Ferrier prize-winner who is at Covent Garden to sing in a Janáček opera for the first time... Emma Bell is a Warwickshire lass. Her birthplace...
The Third Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition [25 February-5 March 2010]
Jury: Jonathan Nott (Principal Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & President of the Jury) Herbert Blomstedt (Honorary Life Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra) John Carewe (Conductor) Jonathan Mills...
My Friend Andronico: Sara Mingardo and Tamerlano [The Royal Opera’s Tamerlano, 5-20 March 2010]
Mansel Stimpson talks to the Italian contralto whose Covent Garden debut finds her reprising the role of Andronico in Handel’s opera... For Sara Mingardo the music of Antonio Vivaldi, that...
An Interview with Ivor Bolton [The Royal Opera’s Tamerlano, 5-20 March 2010]
“Sorry – there are no tickets available” is a message you don’t often see, even on the Royal Opera House website, since it’s generally possible to scrounge a barely-in-the-house perch...
2010: The Chopin Year [Chopin 200]
February 2010, Warsaw The story so perfectly fits the romantic stereotype of the man, it cries out to be believed. In 1849 Frédéric Chopin lies on his death bed in...
Interview with Thomas Hyde [Premiere of his String Quartet – Kings Place, London, on 28 February 2010]
The English composer Thomas Hyde, only recently out of his twenties, is talking about his recently completed String Quartet. The piece receives its premiere in Kings Place, London, from the...
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