Classical Music Daily — Monday 10 February 2025

 

Featured today

Spotlight. Ravishing Music — Geoff Pearce reviews works by Bridge and Franck played by Sally Pinkas and the Apple Hill String Quartet. '... an absolutely marvellous performance ...'

Twenty-five years ago today

Rejected Reviews or, works that got away — Trevor Hold has dragged from oblivion some music you will not know. 12. J.S. Bach's Suite in the Spanish Style (published 10 February 2000)

Twenty years ago today

Ensemble. Piano sonority — Lydia Scadding wins the 2004 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition, reported by Malcolm Miller (published 10 February 2005)

Anniversaries

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713); Larry Adler (1914); Brian Priestman (1927); Theodore Antoniou (1935); Anne Naysmith (2015); George Colerick (2020); Nikša Gligo (2024)

Today's background image

Derived from the oil-on-canvas painting Dunes by Belgian artist Anna Boch (1848-1936)

Recent Articles

Ensemble. Hoisting the Mainsail — Mike Wheeler experiences sea shanties and wild winds from the wind principals of Sinfonia Viva

Ensemble. Unique Strengths — Ron Bierman listens to music by Billy Childs, Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Medtner and Ludwig van Beethoven played by Alexander Malofeev, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rafael Payare

Ensemble. A Terrific Show — Frances Forbes-Carbines experiences Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' at English National Opera, praising the music but not the costumes or the set

Spotlight. Thoroughly Enjoyable — Geoff Pearce highly recommends chamber music by English composer Ian Stephens. '... engaging music ...'

Ensemble. A Delight from Start to Finish — Mike Wheeler is thrilled by Sibelius, Mozart and Tchaikovsky from Benjamin Grosvenor, Andrey Boreyko and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical music news. Obituary — Peter Schmidl (1942-2025)

Classical music news. A New Approach to Competitions — Applications are now open for the new Shanghai International Musician Competition

Ensemble. Extraordinary Quiet Playing — Mike Wheeler is delighted by performances of Haydn, Ravel, Chopin and a Disney improvisation from Scottish pianist Ethan David Loch

Classical music news. February 2025 Newsletter — Our February 2025 PDF newsletter has just been published

Classical music news - Taiwan Philharmonic — The National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan's current season runs until 27 June 2025

Classical music news - 'The C[ritic]s can Drown in their Baths' — English pianist Myra Hess is the subject of Jessica Duchen's new biography, which will be published in February 2025

Ensemble. A Stellar Night — Frances Forbes-Carbines, in her first feature for Classical Music Daily, gives English National Opera's revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' an enthusiastic thumbs up

Classical music news - Australian Chamber Orchestra Celebrations — The Sydney-based ACO celebrates three important anniversaries with two tours

Spotlight. A Heartwarming Programme — Gerald Fenech strongly recommends choral music by John Rutter and other contemporary composers. 'Expressive performances from a choir at the top of its powers.'

Classical music news - Donatella Flick Conducting Competition — Young European conductors are invited to apply for the December 2025 competition in London

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

Classical music news - Fresh Perspectives — Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music celebrates its centenary season

Ensemble. Bounce and Swing — Mike Wheeler enjoys the contrasts in music for string orchestra by Bartók, Suk and Dvořák

Spotlight. Musica Sine Rhetoricis — John Dante Prevedini discovers a valuable release of new chamber music for guitar. '... an astonishing diversity of creative voices ...'

Spotlight. A Life-enhancing Disc — Gerald Fenech warmly recommends chamber and instrumental music by Claude Debussy. '... mercurially performed and recorded ...'

Castaway — Peter King muses on the needs of the modern desert island recluse

Spotlight. Striking, Varied, Inventive and Unusual — Keith Bramich takes a trip down the Amazonian rivers of Brazil, courtesy of Philip Glass, Constance Volk and Third Coast Percussion. '... all highly approachable ...'

Classical music news - A Musical Offering — In Oliver Cotton's play 'The Score', J S Bach is summoned for a meeting by King Frederick II of Prussia

Spotlight. Complex Music — Geoff Pearce finds a new recording of Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' very compelling. '... one of the best recordings you could ever hope to hear.'

Classical music news. Obituary — Elgar Howarth (1935-2025)

Ensemble. An Example To Us All — Roderic Dunnett's take on the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain's January 2025 tour

Profile. Albert Schweitzer: Erased Musician? — A P Virag investigates a forgotten polymath

Classical music news. Obituary — Fereydoon Shahbazyan (1942-2025)

Spotlight. Speaking from an Earlier Time — Geoff Pearce enjoys vocal music by Sweelinck. '... beautifully performed ...'

Ensemble. As Compelling as Expected — Mike Wheeler is impressed by Ravel, Thorvaldsdóttir, Nielsen, Shostakovich and more from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Mandobass — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae

 

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