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LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
25 YEARS: Classical Music Daily celebrates twenty-five years of daily publication with an hour-long video featuring some of our regular contributors.
German composer, conductor, violinist and teacher Franz Ignaz Beck was born in Mannheim on 20 February 1734 and became an important composer of the Mannheim School's second generation. His twenty-four symphonies are striking and original. Beck spent most of his life in France and died in Bordeaux on 31 December 1809, aged seventy-five.
CD Spotlight. A Universal Happy Ending - Gerald Fenech reviews a new recording of Franz Ignaz Beck's opera 'L'isle déserte'. 'Michael Schneider and his La Stagione Frankfurt players give a pleasant and sprightly performance, but attention to detail is always of paramount importance.'
Ensemble. Baroque on the Bosphorus - David Wilkins visits the thirty second Istanbul Music Festival