BACKin today’s news: Three Choir Festival programme revealed, “Beethovenfest” is searching for “distant lover”, Philharmonia doubles up, John Eliot Gardiner’s new recording is a revelatory psychological document, André Rieu’s concerts to be broadcast in cinemas, Andre Larson has died aged 74, Tucson Symphony Orchestra names a new president, Sponsorship award of the “Rheingau Musik Festivals” for Pianist Ben Kim, Philharmonia Orchestra announced first two guest composer and the dream of Terror.
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Three Choirs Festival 2017 programme revealed
The programme for the Three Choirs Festival 2017, which will take place 22-29 July in Worcester, has been revealed.
Pizzicato
‘Beethovenfest Bonn sucht die ‘Ferne Geliebte’
Das ‘Beethovenfest Bonn’ unter der künstlerischen Leitung von Nike Wagner steht 2017 unter dem Motto ‘Ferne Geliebte’.
JDCMB
The Philharmonia has today announced the appointment of their new principal guest conductor.
The Times
Gardiner: Bach -St Matthew Passion
Above all else, John Eliot Gardiner’s new recording of Bach’s St Matthew Passion is a revelatory psychological document.
The Strad
André Larson, founder director of the National Music Museum, has died aged 74
Dr André Larson, former director of the National Music Museum in the US, died on 24 March at the age of 74.
Classicfm
André Rieu announces celebratory Maastricht concert in cinemas
It’s 30 years since the much-loved violinist founded his Johann Strauss Orchestra. He’ll be marking the occasion with a concert in Maastricht and screened in cinemas across the UK.
Musik Heute
Philharmonia Orchestra ernennt zwei Erste Gastdirigenten
Das Philharmonia Orchestra London hat zwei Erste Gastdirigenten ernannt.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Was treibt zwei nette deutsche Mädels aus dem sachsen-anhaltischen Sangerhausen dazu, nach Syrien in den Dschihad zu ziehen und einen brutalen Krieg zu führen, der eigentlich nicht der ihre ist?
Musicalchair
Tucson Symphony Orchestra names a new president/CEO
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday named an insider as its new president/CEO.
The New York Times
One Pianist’s Variations on Tales From the Crypt
A searching artist who likes to play old and new music against (or, more accurately, for) each other, the pianist David Greilsammer arrives in New York on Wednesday, April 5, for the latest installment in the Crypt Sessions, a way-downstairs, intimate series at the Church of the Intercession in Washington Heights.
Klassik.com
Förderpreis des Rheingau Musik Festivals für Pianist Ben Kim
Der Förderpreis des Rheingau Musik Festivals geht in diesem Jahr an den amerikanischen Pianisten Ben Kim.
