Classical Music Daily — Thursday 22 May 2025

 

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Classical music news. Song of Flight — Paul Spicer and Birmingham Bach Choir return to Great Malvern Priory for a concert with a French flavour

Anniversaries: Richard Wagner (1813); Georg Tintner (1917); Herbert O Fox (1918); George Balcombe (1927); Toshiaki Tsushima (1936); Henri Dutilleux (2013); Anand Modak (2014); Barbara Smith Conrad (2017); François-René Tranchefort (2019); more >>

Twenty years ago today: CD Spotlight. Immense variety — Chamber music by American composers, recommended by Patric Standford. 'This is a most worthy undertaking ...' (published 22 May 2005)

Today's background image: derived from a 2003 photo by Keith Bramich of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, UK

Updated and Recent Articles

Classical music news - May 2025 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month
(updated 21 May 2025)

The Title — Introducing 'The Pianistic Crown'
(updated 20 May 2025)

Classical music news. Obituary — Yury Grigorovich (1927-2025)

Classical music news. Concours de Genève — The Swiss organisation announces the candidates for its 2025/26 conducting competition

Ensemble. A Near-perfect Triptych — Andreas Rey experiences Puccini's 'Il trittico' at the Opéra Bastille in Paris

Classical music news - May 2025 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month

Ensemble. Canada's preeminent touring chamber group? — Paul Bodine listens to music by Mozart, Beethoven and Dinuk Wijeratne played by the New Orford Quartet

Blackout — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae

What Harpsichordists Can Learn From Paderewski — Endre Anaru investigates, and offers a suggestion

Ensemble. Like Hearing for the First Time — Mike Wheeler reports on Copland, Barber and Dvořák from Marta Gardolińska and the Hallé Orchestra

Ensemble. A Plush and Robust Sound — Paul Bodine listens to music by Unsuk Chin and Bruckner, played by Alisa Weilerstein and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Payare

Classical music news. Obituary — Matthew Best (1957-2025)

Classical music news. Obituary — Ronald Corp (1951-2025)

Classical music news. Winchendon Music Festival — Andrew Arceci's Massachusetts-based concert series celebrates its tenth anniversary with five concerts between May and October 2025

Ensemble. The Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Mike Wheeler is impressed by a Sinfonia Viva event, presented by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason

Classical music news. Notes from the Fires — News from Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, USA and UK

Ensemble. Admirable Clarity — Mike Wheeler explores the complex plot of Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra', as performed by Opera North

Ensemble. Dated Classical Stoicism? — Paul Bodine, in his first feature for Classical Music Daily, reports on a Beethoven/Tchaikovsky concert in San Diego

Ensemble. An Irresistible Fiery Vigour — Mike Wheeler reports on a memorial concert for one of Derby Chamber Music's founding members, Jon Turner

Classical music news. Obituary — Kari Løvaas (1939-2025)

Ensemble. The 'Alice in Wonderland' Phenomenon — Frances Forbes-Carbines listens to Andrea Bocelli presented using innovative sound technology to an audience of twenty thousand

Ensemble. Serenade to Shakespeare — Mike Wheeler has no complaints about the choral contribution to this inspired idea

Classical music news. May 2025 Newsletter — Watch and listen to our May 2025 video newsletter - The Performing Artist as Co-creator

Classical music news - Firedove — English organist Anna Lapwood's new album was recorded in a Norwegian cathedral

Music on the Front Line — Peter King discusses the special place that music has for journalists at the sharp end of conflict zones

Classical music news - Schumannfest 2025 — 'Romanticise yourself' is the motto of Düsseldorf's Schumann Festival in June 2025

Classical music news. Obituary — Dumitru Zamfira (1940-2025)

Classical music news. Obituary — Martin Graham

Classical music news - April 2025 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month

Ensemble. A Remarkable Achievement — Mike Wheeler is impressed by the clarity of Derby Cathedral Choir's 'St John Passion'

Classical music news. The Last Days of Immanuel Kant — Donald Nally's professional chamber choir The Crossing gives the first performance of a new work by British composer Gavin Bryars

Ensemble. La traviata in Strasbourg — Andreas Rey, in his first report for Classical Music Daily, has mixed feelings about a 2025 Alsatian production of Verdi's famous opera

Classical music news. Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis died on Monday 21 April 2025

 

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