29th May: Classical music keeps CDs popular, Bloomington Symphony Orchestra perform torch-lit concert after powercut, and an interview with Harald Schmidt
Wednesday 29th May '19
CDs aren’t dead – and we have classical music fans to thank Recent research by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has found that CD remains the most popular music format nationally, with 43 per cent of all music consumed this way, …
Read16th April: Ariadne auf Naxos, Guillaume Dufay and Stradivarius exhibition
Thursday 16th May '13
The GuardianAriadne ducks the bombs at the Glyndebourne festivalThis year's Glyndebourne opener Ariadne auf Naxos is getting a radical relocation, to a Blitz-time hospital. Director Katharina Thoma tells Tom Service how she drew on the …
Read29th August: Helium, Hopkins and Last Hurrahs.
Wednesday 29th August '12
GramophoneJurowski to bow out of Glyndebourne with a new AriadneFrench opera joins the repertory for Glyndebourne 2013 and the boss’s wife sings NorinaTelegraphAlexander Sprague - New FacesRupert Christiansen introduces promising young tenor Alexander Sprague, who …
Read14th Mar: Helicopters, ‘Hot Brit’ and the Hungarian State Opera
Wednesday 14th March '12
LA TimesConductor Dies After Collapsing During Bach Performance.Vincent LaGuardia, 68, the longtime conductor of the Arapahoe Philharmonic, collapsed during a performance of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" at a concert in Colorado. He later …
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