BACKIn today’s news: Pioneering Radio 3 show gives dementia sufferers a voice, leading musicians assemble for gala performance in aid of Refugee Council, and nudist viola player plays during naked skydive to raise money for body image charities. Harold Faltermeyer receives German film score prize, Bayreuth announces plans for 2018, and Musikfest Berlin starts today.
The Times
Pioneering Radio 3 show gives dementia sufferers a voice
A pioneering six-hour programme that blends the voices of dementia sufferers with classical music is to air on the BBC.
Classical Music Magazine
Leading musicians assemble for gala performance in aid of Refugee Council
A number of leading artists will assemble for a performance of Tippett’s A Child of Our Time to raise funds for Refugee Council and its work with unaccompanied children arriving in Britain having fled war, trafficking and persecution.
International Piano
Sony releases Gould’s Goldberg Variations sessions
Sony Classical is to release Glenn Gould’s complete sessions for his famous 1955 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations as part of a new box set.
The Strad
The lark descending – nudist viola player plays during naked skydive
Australian violist Glen Donnelly’s stunt is raising money for body image charities
Limelight
Saxophonist plays instrument during brain surgery
Dan Fabbio performed a piece on the saxophone during surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Pizzicato
La Monnaie in Brussels to reopen next Tuesday
The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie in Brussels will reopen on September 5 after a two-year-long renovation. The opening production is Philippe Boesman’s opera Pinocchio.
NMZ
Deutscher Filmmusikpreis 2017: „Top Gun“–Komponist Harold Faltermeyer wird Ehrenpreisträger
Der Deutsche Filmmusikpreis würdigt den in München geborenen Filmkomponisten und Musikproduzenten Harold Faltermeyer 2017 mit dem Ehrenpreis.
Kultur Radio
Im kommenden Jahr zeigen die Bayreuther Festspiele eine Neuinszenierung der Wagner-Oper “Lohengrin”.
Klassik Heute
Heute beginnt das Festival Musikfest Berlin 2017.
Beim Musikfest Berlin präsentieren die Berliner Klangkörper sowie Gastorchester aus Amsterdam, Mailand, London, Perm und Freiburg große Werke der Musikgeschichte.
Meet Me At The Opera @MMATOpera
The packed house at the gala final performance at the old Metropolitan Opera House on Broadway at 39th Street 1966 http://www.MeetMeAtTheOpera.com
