Having just published our overnight review from New York, I am looking forward to the Met in HD relay of this new Tristan und Isolde, starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres
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A reminder, for anyone who may have forgotten, that online public booking for the Glyndebourne Festival opens in a few minutes. (And that the cheapest tickets - restricted-view and standing - go freshly on sale to general public, without first dibs for paid-up members.)
Spring has sprung in my gardenβ¦
For Norman Lebrecht, freshly canned from the BBC after Yuja Wang called him out for βmisogynistic bullying,β any music director candidate for the Boston Symphony who wasnβt a white man would only be hired for βdiversityβ reasons
βThe only love affair I have ever had was with music.β Maurice Ravel was born 151 years ago today. Here's my Gramophone cover story from last year's 150th celebrations!
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In a letter to BSO staff and musicians obtained by The Boston Globe, Nelsons said that βthis is not the decision I anticipated or wanted.β
It really isn't!
News: Andris Nelsonsβ tenure at Boston Symphony will end in 2027. The board declined to renew Nelsonsβs contract because βbeyond our shared desire to ensure our orchestra continues to perform at the highest levels, the BSO and Andris Nelsons were not aligned on future vision.β
It was filmed for, I believe, Marquee TV.
A lovely tribute to JosΓ© van Dam on La Monnaieβs website:
www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/en/magazine/...
While I acknowledge that the qualifying criteria for the Olivier Awards basically exclude everyone except ENO and the Royal Opera, Iβm quite depressed that the remaining pickings were so slim for Best New Opera Production that the Katie Mitchell Makropulos Case made the shortlist π¬
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News: Paavo JΓ€rvi appointed as new Chief Conductor & Artistic Advisor of the @LPOrchestra
I went last year for the first time and can thoroughly recommend it!
How splendid, Patrick!
Kudos to Yuja Wang for championing the rarely heard Rautavaara First Piano Concerto. Then she offered three encores, including Brahms piano four-hands with conductor Tarmo Peltokoski⦠@londonsymphony.bsky.social
Now spinning: early Martha Argerich Chopin discs, including three Third Piano Sonatas πΏ
I do so enjoy this EntfΓΌhrung recording!
Portrait of FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin by Maria WodziΕska (1836)
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin was born OTD in 1810. Selecting a top ten was not an easy task, but waltzes, polonaises, mazurkas, Γ©tudes and more are all represented...
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Mozartian masterclass: Marianne Crebassa wears the trousers at @wigmore-hall.org.uk with @themozartists.bsky.social
Review π
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Very well!
Marianne Crebassa and @themozartists.bsky.social in β appropriately enough β Mozart π₯° at @wigmore-hall.org.uk
Exclusive: BBC Radio 3 has ended its relationship with Norman Lebrecht following an email to Yuja Wang the pianist described on Instagram as "derogatory misogynistic bullying."
Are programme notes going online any time soon, please?
Back to @wigmore-hall.org.uk this evening for Marianne Crebassa, guesting with @themozartists.bsky.social
Wordle 1,713 2/6 π±
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I listened to the Elena Schwarz before reviewing the BBC Phil play it at the Proms last summer. Looking forward to hearing the new Macelaru.
Loved it. Even though my German is improving, it's not good enough to manage without a translation yet.
Exactly... I'm sure singers would much rather have the audience looking in their vague direction rather than heads buried in paperwork. John Gilhooly told me about this innovation last year, but it's the first time I've seen it in action.
Progress: tonightβs devastating SchΓΆne MΓΌllerin was made all the more so because @wigmore-hall.org.uk displayed English surtitles onto the back wall. That didnβt stop the page rustlers who were determined to rustle, but stillβ¦progress
