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Turbocharge philanthropy, conga to Beethoven, ditch the ukuleles: 10 ways to save classical music

After cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC, Simon Rattle says UK opera houses and orchestras have never faced greater peril. How can they fight back? Top musicians outline their battle plans

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Brahms By Arrangement Vol Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway review – dialogue with the past brings present benefits

The English composer pays reverent and inventive homage to music by the German grandee with the help of the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Mann

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle Music Festival releases 2023 program

15 concerts from August 11 to August 20

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Javier Perianes review – Granados’s Goyescas has rare outing but colours remain dim

Perianes has the agility and stamina to take on Granados’s piece but his realisation of the epic piano work didn’t have enough colour or character

The Guardian - UK

Quirky, revelatory, intimate … the best classical releases of 2022

From live Tippett, locked-down Debussy and luminous Charles Koechlin to dazzling Szymanowski and dextrous Beethoven, we pick the outstanding releases of the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Polish piano legend conquers Bangkok stage with RBSO

As with all of the truly great pianists, touch is absolutely key when it comes to delivering their excelsior interpretations of the immortal classics. This was demonstrated recently in impeccable, consummate fashion by legendary Polish soloist Krystian Zimerman, who appeared at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month to a…

Bangkok Post

Leonidas Kavakos/Yuja Wang review – shared detail and purpose

The two virtuosic soloists have a longstanding musical partnership that here produced a wonderful and generous evening of music by Brahms, Janáček and Schumann

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Classical home listening: Mutter and Ferrández play Brahms; Ruby Hughes sings Huw Watkins

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrández excel in the Double Concerto while Hughes soars in Watkins’s song cycle Echo

The Guardian - UK

Black conductors are picking up the baton, but challenges remain

PHILADELPHIA — When Jeri Lynne Johnson made it to the finals of an orchestra tryout in California and didn’t get the job, she didn’t think much of it.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore'

Kirill Petrenko will lead the Berlin Philharmonic on its first U.S. tour in six years, conducting from Nov. 10-21 in New York, Boston, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Naples, Florida

The Independent UK

Schumann Quartet/Anna Lucia Richter review – immaculate playing prized efficiency over emotion

Despite great commitment from the mezzo-soprano, the four string players merged into corporate facelessness in this performance of Brahms and Schumann

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Makropulos Affair; Elisabeth Leonskaja & Staatskapelle Streichquartett

Janáček’s knotty study of immortality soars at Welsh National Opera; the great pianist radiates grace and power. Plus a word on Weir and MacMillan

The Guardian - UK

RBSO concert tests the limits of sound

A programme of Borodin, Wagner, and Brahms/Schönberg in the Thailand Cultural Centre on Sept 2 afforded the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to perform at both the quietest and loudest of dynamics. Experienced Greek conductor Myron Michailidis and Italian mezzo-soprano Lucrezia Venturiello made their Thailand…

Bangkok Post

Lars Vogt obituary

German pianist and conductor who brought exceptional sensitivity and lyricism to his performances

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‘With Lars Vogt, there was a collective trust and spirit of generosity between orchestra and maestro’

The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s principal oboist pays tribute to the orchestra’s much loved former music director; and, below, Ian Bostridge remembers a revelatory accompanist, an ideal chamber musician and a friend of grace and generosity

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Prom 51: BBCSO/Gabel review – a bravura evening of charm and defiance

Presenting works rarely seen at the Proms, the BBCSO were at their best, led by the magnificently brooding Fabien Gabel

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Prom 17: BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov review – lyrical, surreal and deeply poignant

Jennifer Walshe’s off-the-wall requiem The Site of an Investigation was a hugely impressive existential study burnished with brilliant solos

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Every Good Boy Does Fine by Jeremy Denk review – a virtuosic memoir

The concert pianist’s account of striving for musical mastery sits alongside a stirring coming of age narrative

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Proms 2022: back to normal, but why settle for ‘normal’?

The return of international orchestras and an increased focus on concerts outside London are welcome facets, but adventurous and ambitious programming feels in short supply. And, below, our pick of this year’s concerts

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Radu Lupu obituary

Pianist of exceptional talent whose lack of flamboyance, together with his technical command, emphasised the effortlessness of his playing

The Guardian - UK

Kaufmann/Damrau and Deutsch review – deeply felt, rapturous performance

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann’s dark and beautiful tone captured Schumann’s introspection and interlocked with soprano Diana Damrau’s wonderful vocal lines for a ravishing Brahms closer

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Classical home listening: Nicky Spence’s On Wenlock Edge; the Belcea Quartet

The Scottish tenor’s rousing take on Vaughan Williams’s AE Housman-inspired cycle; and the foursome-turned-sextet do justice to Brahms’s early works

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The week in classical: Theatre of Voices; Philharmonia/Wilson; Felix Klieser – review

John Luther Adams’s Grand Canyon meditation finally surfaces; James Ehnes makes Walton look easy; and Felix Klieser and co shine in Mozart and Brahms

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