7+ hour, 44+ min ago  (39+ words) Newly uploaded from Stuttgart, and intense. Message from the embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra: On" From a correspondent: I come to Tanglewood every" The first Bucharest International Piano Festival, from 2226" The Welsh actor Antony Hopkins has signed with"...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (50+ words) From Frankfurt Radio Symphony, a terrific orchestra. As good a Skryabin symphony as any I have heard. Message from the embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra: On" From a correspondent: I come to Tanglewood every" The first Bucharest International Piano Festival, from…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago  (88+ words) The summer band founded by Claudio Abbado has named Henry Kennedy as this year's assistant conductor. He will provide cover for chiwef conductor Philippe Jordan. Kennedy, who is Canadian, is presently Resident Conductor of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra in…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (344+ words) Slipped Disc Premiered in 1857, Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra, brims with political intrigue, love, and betrayal, has a profound psychological portrait of a statesman at its core. Verdi has striking situations for this main character " the sudden recognition of a long-lost…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (495+ words) Mc Ghee then played both the Schulhoff and Debussy in a ravishing performance. Looking to my right, I saw that, before his remarks, Nelsons had stepped inside the hall, standing between boxes on the right, to listen to Mc Ghee,…...

13+ hour, 59+ min ago  (79+ words) The first Bucharest International Piano Festival, from 2226 September at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, will be headlined by the Georgian-French pianist Khatia Buniatishvili, it was announced today. Other pianists include David Kadouch, Mihai Ritivoiu, C't'lin "erban and M'd'lina Pa'ol. Message…...

22+ hour, 11+ min ago  (100+ words) Message from the embattled Boston Symphony Orchestra: "Kim and James Taylor's generosity extends far beyond the stage," said Chad Smith, President and CEO of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. "Their $8 million in cumulative support is an extraordinary achievement that has strengthened…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (159+ words) The veteran BBC DJ Paul Gambaccini has disclosed on Radio 2 that he was disagnosed with Alzheimers Disease early last yer. Gambaccini, who is 77, said: "As Freddie Mercury once sang, you can't turn back the clock, you can't turn back the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (133+ words) Myung Whun Chung, incoming music director at La Scala Milan, has let it be known that he will be maintaining commitments back home. Chung, 73, will remain artistic director for next year's opening of the Busan Opera House. The Busan Metropolitan…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (127+ words) The Welsh actor Antony Hopkins has signed with Decca to record music he has composed over the past 60 years. The works will be performed by Gustavo Dudamel and the Philharmonia Orchestra in a move that surprised Deutsche Grammophon which thought…...