BACKEvery day the WildKat team scan the newspapers and blogs online to bring you a digested list of the day’s classical music news.
LA Times
Cultural Exchange: The diplomatic view of classical music
US State Department cables released by WikiLeaks offer sometimes-vivid glimpses into cultural diplomacy involving musical performances abroad. By Marcia Adair.
Gramophone
The conductor Kurt Sanderling has died
Born September 19, 1912; September 17, 2011
BBC Proms celebrates ticket sales success
More than two-thirds of events sold out.
The Telegraph
Berlin Staatskapelle/Barenboim, Lucerne Festival, review
On its final weekend the Lucerne festival made an extravagant flourish with three concerts by Daniel Barenboim and his Berlin Staatskapelle orchestra. Ivan Hewett Reports.
Don Giovanni, WNO, Wales Millenium Centre, review
John Caird’s new production for Welsh National Opera seems devoid of any thoughtfulness at all, says Rupert Christiansen.
The Arts Desk
Simple but stunning McVicar production achieves a level of profundity that almost had reviewer Igor Toronyi-Lalic in tears.