BACKIn today’s news, The Guardian writes that the elite can’t decide who’s cultured, and the BBC report on pianist Ayham al-Ahmad’s glimmer of hope amid the Syrian refugee crisis. Also, James Rhodes believes that there is a link between music, creativity and mental health, and the BBC apologise for ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon in Proms program
The Guardian
We can’t leave it to the elite to decide who’s cultured
Why should love of opera be a key cultural indicator? What about those of us who prefer rap, or Bob Dylan, and have no desire to be like the posh few
BBC Music Magazine
Leif Ove Andsnes in new Beethoven documentary
The Norwegian pianist examines Beethoven’s five piano concertos
The Times of Israel
BBC apologizes for ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon in music program
Hook-nosed caricature of violinist Leopold Auer, printed in pamphlet for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, sparked outrage
The Guardian
Forget the mad genius composer myth: music is good for the mind
The cliche of the reclusive composer who loses their mind over manuscript is unhelpful. But, says pianist James Rhodes, there is a link between music, creativity and mental health that is both real and beneficial to people’s well-being
BBC
Syria refugee crisis: Yarmouk pianist’s perilous journey to Greece
Amid the ruins of the destroyed Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus, pianist Ayham al-Ahmad provided a rare glimmer of hope amid the devastation
New York Times
New York Philharmonic Accompanies ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘The Godfather’
The idea behind the Art of the Score series, one of the most popular innovations of the New York Philharmonic in recent years, could not be simpler: classic films are screened at Avery Fisher Hall with the Philharmonic playing the score live
Die Welt
Hier macht sich der Tenorprinz endlich dreckig
Und der Dirigent John Eliot Gardiner hilft ihm ganz wunderbar beim Erwachsenwerden: Juan Diego Flórez singt in London mit Glucks Orpheus seine erste barocke Bühnenrolle
Berliner Zeitung
Marek Janowski wird RSB-Chefdirigent
Das Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin bekommt einen neuen Chefdirigenten. Auf Marek Janowski folgt Wladimir Jurowski
Tagesspiegel
Großes Finale beim Musikfest Berlin – mit “Orfeo” nach Claudio Monteverdi, den Philharmonikern mit Carl Nielsen und Karlheinz Stockhausen
El País
Plácido Domingo dirige un concierto en México por los 30 años del seísmo
El tenore español protagoniza un homenaje en Tlatelolco, el lugar donde ayudó a rescatar a cuatro familiares que murieron bajo los escombros
Classical Music @ClassicalMusic_ : More than 300,000 people attended @bbcproms concerts this summer. Find out more facts here: http://ow.ly/SfiMW
Classic FM @ClassicFM : Catch Downton last night? @johnsuchet1 has John Lunn’s wonderful score next. LISTEN > http://classfm.co/live
BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 : Cafes were better in the C18th. Bach’s 5th harpsichord concerto was mere background music for Zimmerman’s in Leipzig
‘Music is the only medicine that has never let me down’ … James Rhodes/ The Guardian