Chandos’s Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Notable
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (Chandos) James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano; Philip Dukes, viola At the turn of the 20th century, the world was…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Remembering Twelve Days of Giving: Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O17
A RETROSPECTIVE: of Opera Philadelphia’s inaugural Festival O17, September 14 through 25, 2017. As the calendar rolls into those Twelve Days famed for lovers’ gift-giving…
Delta Piano Trio’s Fresh Take on Shostakovich
Shostakovich, Auerbach: Piano Trios Delta Piano Trio As the last releases of the year drop through the door, this is an instant ear grabber. Debate…
CMIM sets all-time record in number of applications
358 singers from 52 countries apply to compete in Montreal in 2018 Montréal, December 19, 2017 – This past December 15, the CMIM (Concours musical international…
Let’s save the house of Georges Bizet in Bougival!
Launch of the Participatory Fundraising campaign at www.dartagnans.fr/Carmen to save the house of Georges Bizet and create the Space Carmen to be integrated into the future cultural,…
Last Supper: Thomas Adès Serves Up After-Dinner Mayhem in The Exterminating Angel
REVIEW: of Thomas Adès’s new opera The Exterminating Angel, viewed in live HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, November 18, 2017. Guess who’s coming dinner…
Calgary opera announces appointment of new general director and CEO
December 15, 2017 (Calgary, Alberta) – Calgary Opera has announced the appointment of a new General Director and CEO, effective January, 2018. Dr. Keith Cerny will come…
Lebrecht Weekly Album of the Year 2017
In these diminished times, any year that yields a couple of releases that can rank with, and perhaps displace, the legends of recording history must…
Place des Arts Breaks the Ice to Unveil its Printemps nordique Program
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland to present cultural activities throughout the month of April International artistic creativity will be celebrated in style from April 4…
Bruckner and Blomstedt in Berlin are worth the journey
Did you catch Herbert Blomstedt and Maria João Pires with the Berlin Philharmonic on Saturday? All it took was a smartphone, a subscription to the…
