Classical Music Daily — Friday 11 October 2024

 

Featured today

Classical music news. Obituary — Leif Segerstam (1944-2024)

Twenty-five years ago today

Here and there — Jerrold Northrop Moore; Britten catalogue (published 11 October 1999)

Twenty-one years ago today

Record box. Choral textures — An anniversary CD by an English cathedral choir, welcomed by Patric Standford (published 11 October 2003)

Anniversaries

Samuel Wesley (1837); Anton Bruckner (1896); Russell Oberlin (1928); Saulius Sondeckis (1928); Alister Proctor (1942); Rachel Barton Pine (1974); Joan Sutherland (2010); Mats Rondin (2014); Anita Cerquetti (2014); Peter Reynolds (2016)

Today's background image

Derived from the 5 September 1855 painting Four miles north-eastward of Reskar Lighthouse - Baro Sound (Finland) by English Navy officer and amateur painter Edward Gennys Fanshawe (1814-1906)

Recent Articles

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

Resounding Echoes by Robert McCarney — The Be All and End All

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 ...'

Classical music news. Kosmos Tirana Music Festival — Jonian Ilias Kadesha presents the third edition of his new music festival in Albania

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 ...'

Resounding Echoes by Robert McCarney — What's in a name?

Spotlight. Impeccable Phrasing and Control — Geoff Pearce enjoys music by Robert and Clara Schumann for oboe and piano. '... beautifully performed and recorded.'

Oswald — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae

Ensemble. In Nottingham's Albert Hall — Mike Wheeler feels privileged to hear works by young composers at a BBC Proms concert in Nottingham

Spotlight. Excellent New Restorations — Gerald Fenech strongly recommends music by Vaughan Williams, played by Frederick Grinke. '... really beautiful music and memorable performances ...'

Classical music news. Maria João Pires — The Portuguese pianist has been awarded the 2024 Praemium Imperiale 2024

Spotlight. Spaciousness and Openness — Geoff Pearce heartily recommends chamber music with oboe on period instruments. 'All the performers are very fine, but I am really amazed at the beauty of Emma Black's playing.'

 

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