Classical News
In today’s news, the Shostakovich Festival in June focuses on GDR composer Hanns Eisler & Salzburg Easter Festival 2017 presents “Valkyrie” in the stage design of 1967. Also, from today on supermarket chain Sainsbury will sell LPs for the first time since the 1980s & Outhere music group’s new application “Alpha Play” is playful dealing with classical music
Music Week
Sony deal means SoundCloud subscription service is on its way
One of the last major obstacles to SoundCloud’s much-touted subscription service has been removed, after the streaming platform finally signed a licensing deal with Sony Music.
The Strad
Clio Gould steps down as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster
The violinist was London’s first female symphony orchestra leader when appointed to the role 14 years ago
BBC News
Paul McCartney launches bid to Get Back his Beatles songs
Sir Paul McCartney has filed legal papers in the US, as part of an attempt to reclaim the publishing rights to The Beatles’ back catalogue.
The Independent
Sainsbury’s to sell vinyl records in 171 UK stores
Sainsbury’s has announced it’s going to be selling vinyl albums from Monday March 21.
New York Times
Boulez and Harnoncourt, So Different, Yet More Alike Than They Realized
It’s as if the postwar period itself had died. Within two months, Pierre Boulez and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the two avant-gardists who more than anyone in the last half-century redefined classical music, were gone.
NMZ
Schostakowitsch-Festival mit Eisler und Beethoven
Die Internationalen Schostakowitsch-Tage in Gohrisch (Sächsische Schweiz) weiten ihren Blick auf Zeitgenossen des russisch-sowjetischen Komponisten
Kleine Zeitung
Osterfestspiele Salzburg 2017: “Walküre” zum Jubiläum
Zu den Jubiläums-Osterfestspielen 2017 knüpfen Chefdirigent Christian Thielemann und Intendant Peter Ruzicka an die Tradition Karajans an und rekreieren Wagners “Walküre” in den Bühnenbildern von 1967
Pizzicato
Barenboims “Ring” erst zu seinem 80. Geburtstag?
Im Opernstreit um die zwei zeitgleich geplanten Neuproduktionen von Richard Wagners ‘Ring des Nibelungen’ an der ‘Deutschen Oper’ und der Staatsoper in Berlin bezieht die Leitung der für beide Häuser zuständigen Opernstiftung Position für die Deutsche Oper
Le Figaro
Le classique se fait mousser sur mobile
Le groupe discographique Outhere vient de lancer «Alpha Play», une application pour s’initier au classique de façon ludique
Gerald Mertens @GMOrch Fired for incompetence: manager of Belgium Nat. #Orchestra. @PizzicatoMag @fim_musicians @dirigent http://slippedisc.com/2016/03/national-orchestra-boss-is-sacked-after-10-months/ …
VAN Magazin @VanMusik Nicht verpassen: »Kundenzeitungen« von Opernhäusern in der leidenschaftlichen Stilkritik von Mike Meiré. https://van.atavist.com/stilkritik-meire …
klassik.com @klassikcom Karriere-News: Christian Höppner (Deutscher Kulturrat) http://klassik.com/?S472Q #Kulturmanagement