BACKThe Telegraph
English National Opera faces protest over ‘pro-terrorist’ hijacking opera
It is one of the most controversial musical works ever written, described by critics as “anti-Semitic” and “romanticising terrorism”.
Mackenzie Crook takes on orchestral role
Actor Mackenzie Crook will narrate the Prokofiev children’s classic Peter And The Wolf with the Aurora Orchestra.
Katherine Jenkins to omit Gethin Jones from memoirs
Katherine Jenkins, the Classical singer, reveals she has no intention of giving her former fiancé Gethin Jones a mention in her memoirs.
Conducting with kisses and fluttering eyelashes
What the orchestra sees, or ‘The Dancing Conductor’.
Gramophone
Sir Mark Elder on his Gramophone Hall of Fame choices
There’s still time – just! – to cast your own votes
The Guardian
String quartets: ’til death us do part?
Many of the most successful string quartets play together with the same lineup for decades. But what happens when one of the four moves on?
BBC to screen Joyce Hatto biopic penned by Victoria Wood
British pianist had dozens of recordings by other artists passed off as her own by husband William Barrington-Coupe
South African born dramatic soprano hugely popular with audiences worldwide
FT
Aurora Orchestra’s daring cross-arts programme takes classical music out of its comfort zone
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