4th September: Tudormania at the opera, Spotify, and Bear Hunts at the Proms
Wednesday 4th September '13
The TimesThree Queens of opera join forces to revive the Tudor dynastyFor the first time in the UK Donizetti’s Three Queens will be performed complete — Tudormania is invading our opera houses.GramophoneBritish Film Institute celebrates …
Read23rd July: Opera Attendances in Australia, Skateboarding Classical Video and Concert Cinema Screening Success
Tuesday 23rd July '13
The TelegraphMariss Jansons, interviewMariss Jansons is reluctant to talk about the horrors of the Soviet system - he'd rather talk about the music he is going to conduct at the Proms and Edinburgh Festival, he …
Read19th July: India Searches for Classical Star, Music and the Monarchy and Classical Musicians in the Kitchen
Friday 19th July '13
The TimesENO chief to stand down as losses threaten future English National Opera’s chief executive is standing down as the company is about to confirm that it has lost £3.25 million over the past two years …
Read18th July: Age of Opera, Iconic Photographs and the Joy of the Proms
Thursday 18th July '13
The TelegraphAlan Titchmarsh: the joy of the PromsAs you settle down to watch this year’s BBC Proms, spare a thought for all those responsible for bringing the Albert Hall to your television screens.The IndependentA brass …
Read17th July: Philharmonic Beyond the Park, Studies of Sentiment and Music and Hair on a G String
Wednesday 17th July '13
The TelegraphNobuyuki Tsujii: 'The piano is an extension of my own body'This year's Proms feature a blind pianist who is mobbed by groupies in his native Japan. Nobuyuki Tsujii talks to Ivan Hewett.Tom Russell and …
Read16th July: Star Blasts Spotify, Touch Press Presents Liszt App and Barenboim Backs Wagner
Tuesday 16th July '13
The Guardian Thom Yorke blasts Spotify on Twitter as he pulls his music Radiohead star says 'new artists get paid fuck all' on streaming service, as producer Nigel Godrich adds 'it's bad for new music' Interview: Salvatore Sciarrino …
Read9th May: Benjamin Britten, Sally Beamish and the Proms 2013
Thursday 9th May '13
The GuardianBritten's comic hero Albert Herring: the only virgin in the villageHow many operas feature a man who is crowned May Queen because no one can vouch for the virginity of the village girls? Andrew …
Read29th April: Paraguayan landfill orchestra, Proms 2013 and Borletti-Buitoni Trust
Monday 29th April '13
The GuardianParaguayan landfill orchestra makes sweet music from rubbish Children of recyclers at Cateura landfill form band playing instruments fashioned out of discarded oven trays and oil barrels.The Telegraph Proms 2013: Most exuberant of all classical music …
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