Featured today
Ensemble. Compelling Performance — Mike Wheeler listens to Robert Schumann, Schubert and Chopin, played by Turkish pianist Can Çakmur
Twenty-five years ago today
Going Danish — Shirley Ratcliffe is entertained by dacapo (published 18 October 1999)
Twenty-one years ago today
Record box. Minimal approach — Patric Standford listens to the music of Elodie Lauten (published 18 October 2003)
Anniversaries
John Taverner (1545); Baldassare Galuppi (1706); Étienne Nicolas Méhul (1817); Thomas Round (1915); Camilla Williams (1919); Zhu Jian Er (1922); Egil Hovland (1924); Marion Stein (1926); Hans Wallat (1929); Barry McDaniel (1930); Jacques Charpentier (1933); Renna Manduell (1934); Wynton Marsalis (1961); Ovidiu Badila (1962); Kumiko Ida (2007); Randolph Hokanson (2018)
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Derived from a pre-1999 photo by Keith Bramich of cats in Istanbul
Recent Articles
Ensemble. Thoughtfully Put-together — Mike Wheeler attends a music and poetry event and concludes that further similar events would be well-received
Classical music news. Paraorchestra — A Bristol-based orchestra is to perform at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music in the UK and at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Spotlight. Quite a Challenge — Geoff Pearce enjoys Dobromir Tsenov's performances of L'ubomir Pipkov's piano music. 'Tsenov's commitment, stylish playing and clarity of execution are outstanding ...'
Resounding Echoes by Robert McCarney — Play it again, Tom
Ensemble. Not the Longest Ever Written — Ron Bierman listens to Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony and a new work by Thomas Larcher in San Diego's newly renovated Jacobs Music Center
Pettine — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Classical music news. Obituary — Leif Segerstam (1944-2024)
Classical music news. New Releases for October 2024 and Later — Browse a selection of new recordings
Ensemble. Quite a Revelation — Mike Wheeler attends the first concert of Nottingham's new orchestral season, with John Storgårds conducting the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns and Igor Stravinsky
Classical music news - Mascagni a Cerignola — Announcing the world's first 'eye music' opera
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Spotlight. Together — Keith Bramich listens to Arnaud Fillion's 'Kune'. 'surprisingly accessible, varied, mostly traditional sounding and upbeat.'
Classical music news - Clinkerstone — Michael Kearns' new novel, 'Clinkerstone', out now, has a strong musical element
Classical music news. Obituary — Rohan de Saram (1939-2024)
Ensemble. An Exciting New Performance Space — Ron Bierman visits the newly restored Jacobs Music Center in San Diego
Classical music news. October 2024 Newsletter — Watch and listen to our October 2024 video newsletter - Composers, individuals or collective?
Classical music news - Elim Chan — Intermusica Artists Management welcomes the young Hong Kong-born conductor
Resounding Echoes by Robert McCarney — The Obscure Wait
Classical music news - September 2024 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month
Spotlight. A Quite Remarkable Disc — Geoff Pearce enjoys music by Adrian Sutton. 'The BBC Philharmonic is on top form ...'
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Spotlight. An Individualistic Style — Geoff Pearce listens to Frank Martin's music with flute. 'The performances are very good and totally convincing.'
Ensemble. Zubin Mehta returns home to Mumbai — Fareed Curmally attends two orchestral concerts given by the Symphony Orchestra of India
Classical music news. Jaeden Izik-Dzurko — A young Canadian pianist has won the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition
Resounding Echoes by Robert McCarney — Boiled alive!
Spotlight. Fresh and Varied — Geoff Pearce is glad to come across the wind music of British composer Brian Elias. '... the performances are superb ...'
Spotlight. Sensitively Recorded — Gerald Fenech enjoys the choral music of Hubert Parry. 'The results are truly stirring and the renditions are consistently warm and poignant ...'
AI and the Modern Music to Come — Some thoughts from A P Virag
Spotlight. Music in Context — Endre Anaru listens to Michael Kieran Harvey's 'The Sparrow and the Mead Hall'. 'Harvey has taken up the gauntlet thrown down by Zappa, added his own massive creativity and offers a challenge to listener ...'
Ensemble. From Sherwood to LA — Mike Wheeler is impressed with music by Carwithen, Kelly, Rachmaninov, Chaminade, Korngold and Sibelius from Clare Hammond, Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra
Spotlight. The Composer as Social Researcher — John Dante Prevedini listens to music by the Daniel Pelton Collective. '... a successful investigation into the perennial question of classical music's broader accessibility ...'
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