BACKIn today’s news: list to a music performances in a living room and new film clip of the Beatles during their filming in the Austrian Alps. JK Rowling warns not to buy a stolen Harry Potter prequel. Herbert Blomstedt is being awarded with honorary medal by the city of Leipzig, and the initiative Musicians4unitedeurope gives concert for Europe in Berlin. British Transport Police recover stolen 300-year-old Goffriller violin.
The Telegraph
JK Rowling Tells Fans Not to Buy £25,000 Harry Potter Prequel Stolen in Burglary
An untitled Harry Potter prequel handwritten on a postcard by JK Rowling has been stolen in a burglary in Birmingham.
The Guardian
Unseen Footage of the Beatles During Filming of Help! Emerges after 50 Years
Filmed by late actor Leo McKern, who starred in the film, the clip shows the Fab Four messing around between takes during filming in Austrian Alps.
Classical Music Magazine
Search Begins for Team to Design Centre for Music
The Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music & Drama are seeking applications from design teams to develop plans for London’s proposed Centre for Music.
NMZ
Ehrenmedaille für Ex-Gewandhauskapellmeister Herbert Blomstedt
Der frühere Kapellmeister des Leipziger Gewandhauses Herbert Blomstedt soll die Ehrenmedaille der Stadt erhalten.
Pizzicato
Ulf Schirmers Leipziger Vertrag soll im Juni verlängert werden
Der Leipziger Oberbürgermeister Burkhard Jung hat dem Stadtrat vorgeschlagen, den Vertrag des Intendanten und Generalmusikdirektors der Oper Leipzig, Ulf Schirmer, bis 2022 zu verlängern.
Berlin.de
«Musicians4unitedeurope» spielen für Europa
Der Initiative «Musicians4unitedeurope» haben sich nach deren Angaben mittlerweile 400 Musiker angeschlossen, darunter Dirigenten wie Paavo Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Vladimir Jurowski und Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
NPR
In the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, teens speak up by singing out
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus is not your typical kids’ choir, singing folk-song arrangements and show tunes. It’s made up of over 600 kids, from second grade to the end of high school, from struggling neighborhoods to New York’s elite.
The Strad
British Transport Police recover stolen 300-year-old Goffriller violin
The 1700 instrument, belonging to London violinist Carol Slater, was stolen from a Gatwick Express train at the end of March.
Music Business Worldwide
Capital Public Radio
Home is Where The Classical Music is
South China Morning Post
British Artist Visits 16 lost Libraries Along the Silk Road in Epic Motorbike Trip
Abigail Reynolds’ ‘Ruins of Time’ exhibition is the result of a five-month journey through 2,000 years and half the globe
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