Classical Music Daily — Friday 9 May 2025

 

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

Anniversaries: Dieterich Buxtehude (1707); Friedrich Schiller (1805); Julius Röntgen (1855); Carlo Maria Giulini (1914); Sverre Valen (1925); Colin Mawby (1936); George Vass (1957); Patrick Piggott (1990); Percy Young (2004); Arif Melikov (2019); Liudmila Kovnatskaya (2023); Günter Wewel (2023); more >>

Twenty years ago today: Ensemble. Lasting impression — Kelly Ferjutz listens to the second of two special concerts in which Pierre Boulez conducts the Cleveland Orchestra (published 9 May 2005)

Today's background image: derived from a 2017 photo taken in Makeni, Sierra Leone, by Red Morley Hewitt

Updated and Recent Articles

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

Classical music news. WNYC saves New Sounds — John Schaefer's radio programme is to continue, thanks to the support of listeners and major donors

Ensemble. An Integral Voice Among Many — John Dante Prevedini attends an evening with American film director Ken Burns

Spotlight. Relevant Authenticity — John Dante Prevedini explores the music of contemporary American composer Alicia Rytlewski. '... a highly original path ...'

Spotlight. Exotic Flavours — Geoff Pearce listens to two works by Gustav Holst. '... very evocative and enjoyable ...'

Ensemble. Firm and Incisive — Mike Wheeler reports on Haydn, McDowall and Handel from Derby

Classical music news. Adèle Charvet — The French mezzo-soprano has been signed up by the Intermusica agency

Classical music news. David Chan — The long-term concertmaster of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra becomes a professor at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in Texas, USA

Classical music news. Obituary — Roberto Cani (1967-2025)

Atayoskewin — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae

Classical music news. The Performing Artist as Co-creator — John Dante Prevedini led an online discussion for Classical Music Daily on Wednesday 23 April 2025

Ensemble. Clean and Fresh — Mike Wheeler hears a non-obvious pairing of Zoltán Kodály and Franz Joseph Haydn choral works

Classical music news. Obituary — John Nelson (1941-2025)

Profile. Frank Cooper — Investigating a musical archeologist extraordinare

 

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