Boulezian

News from the Theseus Ensemble - patron Pierre Boulez, conductor Geoffrey Paterson - concerning two must-hear upcoming concerts: _________...

Royal Festival Hall (concert performance) Tristan – Gary Lehman Isolde – Violeta Urmana Brangäne – Anne Sofie von Otter King Marke – ...

Rarely do I recall my dreams, however vivid they might have seemed at the time. However, in this case, I strained to repeat to myself what ...

(sung in English) Coliseum (Image: EM with Janek - Neil Libbert) Emilia Marty – Amanda Roocroft Dr Kolenatý – Andrew Shore Vítek –...

As reported last week, Cecilia Bartoli will be assuming the artistic directorship of the Whitsun Festival from 2012, succeeding Riccardo Mut...

This is not a review as such, but I should like to note the launch at the Pall Mall Institute of Directors of a new professional chamber orc...

St Pancras Room, Kings Place Weill – Die Moritat von Mackie Messer Stravinsky – Piano-Rag-Music Three Easy Pieces Eisler – Über den S...

Berg – Seven Early Songs Brahms – Vergebliches Ständchen , op.84 no.8 Der Gang zum Liebchen , op.48 no.1 Meine Liebe ist grün , op.63 no...

The senior producer at BBC Scotland Learning has just been in touch with news of what sounds like a very interesting new four-part series (c...

Royal Albert Hall Schubert – Symphony no.8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’, D 759 Schumann – Introduction and Allegro appassionato , in G major,...

Royal Albert Hall Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Debussy – La mer Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring Orchestre National de F...

Royal Albert Hall Wagner – Parsifal : Prelude to Act One Strauss – Four Last Songs Schoenberg – Five Orchestral Pieces, op.16 Webern – ...

Royal Albert Hall Beethoven – Symphony no.4 in B-flat major, op.60 Mahler – Symphony no.1 in D major Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Sir...

John Cage's birthday falls on Sunday - as it happens, the day before mine. (I once remember looking in a 'Composers' Diary' ...

Royal Albert Hall Rameau – Dardanus : suite Canteloube – Selection from Chants d’Auvergne Martin Matalon – Lignes de fuite (United King...

Glyndebourne Opera House Trulove – Clive Bayley Anne Trulove – Miah Persson Tom Rakewell – Topi Lehtipuu Nick Shadow – Matthew Rose Mo...

Cadogan Hall Robin Holloway – Fantasy-Pieces (on the Heine ‘Liederkreis’ of Schumann) , op.16, incorporating: Schumann – Liederkreis , op...

In July , I flagged the debate concerning Wagner and anti-Semitism on the online pages of The Wagner Journal between Barry Emslie and myself...

Cadogan Hall Dowland – Flow, my tears Britten – Lachrymae: Reflections on a song of Dowland , for viola and orchestra Gesualdo – Respons...