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A few memories of Oliver Knussen: 12 June 1952–8 July 2018
As far as I remember, apart from shaking his hand at some musical event or other, the first time I really met Oliver Knussen was soon after I went to...
Glasperlenspiel Music Festival 2018
Thursday, July 12-Tuesday, July 17, 2018St John’s Church, Tartu, Estonia The eyes of a thousand terracotta figures watch over the audience and performers at the Glasperlenspiel Festival (Klaaspärlimäng in Estonian)....
A Tanglewood Diary, 6-15 July 2018 – Andris Nelsons conducts Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial
My ten-day visit to Tanglewood at the start of this “Bernstein Centennial Summer” included four Boston Symphony Orchestra appearances in the Koussevitzky Music Shed with Andris Nelsons. Although he included...
Understanding Lenny through his Music, by Leonard Slatkin
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you undoubtedly know that this August marks the centenary of the most influential American to inhabit the musical world, Leonard Bernstein. Equally...
Aldeburgh Festival 2018 – A postscript – New music for piano from Philip Cashian & Harrison Birtwistle
As listened to from BBC Radio 3 relays, with the usual thirty-day iPlayer advice from the broadcast dates shown, a few words follow. Both concerts referred to here (linked by...
How Shostakovich Changed My Mind, by Stephen Johnson [book review]
How Shostakovich Changed My Mind Stephen Johnson ISBN 9781910745456 Notting Hill Editions This slim volume is about Shostakovich’s frames of mind whilst composing. It is also about how Stephen Johnson...
Feature Review – English Haydn Festival 2018 [June 6-10]
Wednesday, June 6–Sunday, 10 June, 2018 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England Great credit must be afforded to Steven Devine and Simon Standage for their huge contribution to the success of this the...
Feature Review: Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies on LP – Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle
Beethoven Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 Symphony No.3 in E-flat, Op.55 (Eroica) Symphony No.4 in B-flat, Op.60 Symphony No.5 in C-minor, Op.67 Symphony No.6 in...
Aldeburgh Festival 2018 – June 9, An Aldeburgh Aperitif – Orsino Ensemble and Phantasm
Suffolk’s embarrassment of fine medieval churches frequently offers attractive and acoustically satisfying venues for the Aldeburgh Festival. On the morning of Saturday the Ninth, the Festival's second day, it was...
Feature Review: Britten, Bernstein and America – two concerts with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson at Aldeburgh Festival 2018 – Robert Murray, James Horan, Mark O’Keeffe, Cédric Tiberghien, Pavel Kolesnikov, Claire Chase [June 8 & 9]
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Friday, June 08, 2018 Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 Britten, orch. Colin Matthews Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op.22 [Aldeburgh Festival commission: world premiere]*...
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