13th March: ‘Opera remains the preserve of the rich,’ Boris Giltburg on Brahms’ neglected piano scores, Arts Impact Fund makes £7million available to arts organisations, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Vladimir Ashkenazy honoured by Royal College of Music
Friday 13th March '15
Classical News The Guardian Will Self: ‘Opera remains the preserve of the rich’Brecht and Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a satire on money and hedonism written in an age of crisis. So …
Read12th March: Barbara Hannigan’s conducting lessons, The Strad goes to the Barbican, Deutsche Grammophon president leaving for Universal in London
Thursday 12th March '15
Classical News The GuardianBarbara Hannigan: no jacket required…Who says women can’t be conductors? Well, quite a lot of men. So what has the famous soprano Barbara Hannigan learned since she picked up the baton – and …
Read29th January: Experimental music, Danish National Chamber Orchestra fights cuts by crowdfunding, new GCSE and A Level Music exam content
Thursday 29th January '15
Classical News The GuardianThe playlist: experimental music – James Hoff, Richard Skelton, Pauline Oliveros and moreThese unconventional artists and composers use everything from computer viruses to mud-crusted violins to create new sounds and reimagine masterpiecesDanish National …
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