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The Guardian
Sir Simon Rattle at 60: 10 of his best performances
We celebrate with 10 highlights from a career that has transformed musical life in Birmingham, in Berlin, and pretty well wherever else Rattle has lifted his baton.
Masterly pianist and teacher whose playing had a visionary quality
The Times
Barbican puts on ‘mindfulness opera’
Seasoned theatre-goers know the value of stretching the legs and eating a quick snack during the interval of a lengthy production, but they now have the chance to eat, walk about, lie down and even do some washing-up during the world’s first “mindfulness opera”.
Classical Music Magazine
Ward Swingle 1927-2015 ‒ a cappella king dies at 87
At his death, aged 87, Ward Swingle deserves to be remembered for far more than the scat singing of JS Bach which for many remains the trademark of the various Swingle Singers incarnations.
Classic FM
The Ultimate Classical Music Quiz
How will you fare in the trickiest, most fiendish classical music quiz on the internet? Find out now…
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Der große Junge, leicht, charmant und prickelnd
Fasziniert vom Augenblick, frei fürs Abenteuer und schlagfertig obendrein: Dem Dirigenten und Lebenskünstler Simon Rattle zum sechzigsten Geburtstag.
Die Welt
Intendant eins, Bürgermeister null
Abwickeln hatte hier Tradition: Rostocks Vierspartenhaus lag künstlerisch und moralisch am Boden. Jetzt trotzt der Intendant Sewan Latchinian seinem Bürgermeister. Eine Rettungsgeschichte.
Concerti
„Qualität muss Popularität nicht ausschließen“
Stéphane Denève über seine Liebe zu gutem Essen, neue Freiheiten in der heutigen Musik – und Dirigententräume
Pizzicato
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced today the Awards for 2015.
El Mundo
El Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical rodea de gastronomía, jazz y aires festivos un solemne concierto de órgano del ‘divino Juan Sebastián’.
Tweets
London Symphony Orch @londonsymphony: Our 2015/16 season is now well and truly LAUNCHED. Check out the schedule here: http://bit.ly/1xPMo7v . Booking opens online on Wed 4 Feb.
BBC Music Magazine @MusicMagazine : Happy birthday Sir Simon Rattle! We mark his 60th with a round up of the finest recordings he’s made with Berlin Phil http://www.classical-music.com/article/simon-rattle-and-berlin-philharmonic …
Arts Council England @ace_national : We’re here @HullTruck making final preparations for Digital Utopias. We’ll be live tweeting all day using #artsdigital
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, London, January 2015. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Tristram Kenton