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Spotlight. A Very Individualistic Style — Geoff Pearce is inspired and amazed by the orchestral music of Grażyna Bacewicz. '... a fine recording ...'
Anniversaries: Marin Marais (1656); Louise Farrenc (1804); Franz Joseph Haydn (1809); Alfred Deller (1912); William Bennett (1956); Theodore Kuchar (1963); Amil Biswas (2003); Nico Castel (2015); Jirí Belohlávek (2017); more >>
Twenty-five years ago today:
Record Box — Suspending time - Working together. Basil Ramsey listens to Richard Stoltzman and Nexus. (published 31 May 2000)
; twenty years ago today:
Provocative thoughts, from Patric Standford — Music and vision (published 31 May 2005)
Today's background image: derived from an old postcard of the Market Square in Katowice, Poland
Updated and Recent Articles
Spotlight. Consistently Exhilarating — Gerald Fenech strongly recommends organ and choral music by English composer Herbert Howells. '... as virtuosic as one could wish for.'
(updated 29 May 2025)
Classical music news - May 2025 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month
(updated 29 May 2025)
Ensemble. Particularly Compelling — Mike Wheeler reports on a recent performance of music by Louise Farrenc, Mendelssohn and Mozart
Ensemble. Fresh and Uniquely Inspiring — Malcolm Miller was at London's Royal Festival Hall for music by Mendelssohn and Schumann, played by András Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ensemble. The Cosmic Destination of All Life — Paul Bodine discovers magic in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra's performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 3
Spotlight. Consistently Exhilarating — Gerald Fenech strongly recommends organ and choral music by English composer Herbert Howells. '... as virtuosic as one could wish for.'
Ensemble. Silence within Silence — Keith Bramich is impressed by The Proteus Ensemble's concert yesterday at Ken Woods' Elgar Festival
Classical music news. Appointments and Signings — Caroline Wettergreen, Bryan Ijames, Antonio Pappano, Juliette Tacchino and Sarah Fleiss
Classical music news. The Bowdoin International Music Festival — Details have been announced of a summer season of concerts in the Brunswick area of Maine, USA
Classical music news. Song of Flight — Paul Spicer and Birmingham Bach Choir return to Great Malvern Priory for a concert with a French flavour
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
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