2nd May: CBSO announces 2019-20 season, Wigmore Hall International Song Competition announces competitors and an interview with Maria de Alvear
Thursday 2nd May '19
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces 2019-20 centenary season CBSO has launched the first season of a two-year-long centenary celebration, with events, commissions and initiatives inspired by the orchestra’s history and its hopes for the future. Highlights …
Read23rd April: Heather Harper obituary, Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike continues and Martin Böttcher has died aged 91
Tuesday 23rd April '19
Soprano Heather Harper has died aged 88 The soprano Heather Harper, who has died aged 88, was one of the best loved and most respected singers of her generation. She graced the concert and opera stages …
Read16th October: London A Cappella Festival, Grammofy to shut down
Monday 16th October '17
In today's Classical News, the London A Cappella Festival programme is released, and Classical streaming service Grammofy is to shut down after a year. The earliest painting of Mozart has been discovered, and the Heinrich-Schütz music …
ReadOctober 7th: Pavarotti Takeover, final applause for Osmo Vanska, and Mediaeval Baebes
Monday 7th October '13
Classic FM Online Classic FM's Pavarotti Takeover Weekend, 5-6 October 2013 This weekend gone by, it was Pavarotti all the way as Classic FM paid the tenor a special tribute Inquirer Entertainment A personal journey with classical music The Philippine …
Read29th August: Hollywood’s John Williams exhibition, Google Doodle boosts Debussy sales, and a large-scale recording of Britten’s War Requiem
Thursday 29th August '13
Classic FM Online John Williams exhibition to open in Hollywood John Williams is to be the subject of a new exhibition at the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, beginning this weekend Debussy Google Doodle boosts music sales After Google …
Read8th May: Mariss Jansons, the ‘War Requiem’ and Noah Stewart
Tuesday 8th May '12
The Telegraph Jazz is celebrated by the stars of music and film Jazz was celebrated across America yesterday by cultural icons as diverse as film stars Morgan Freedman and Robert de Niro, soul singer Stevie Wonder and …
ReadClassical Music News – 23rd September
Friday 23rd September '11
Every day the WildKat team scan the newspapers and blogs online to bring you a digested list of the day’s classical music news. The Independent Street Scene, Young Vic John Fulljames’s award-winning Opera Group production of ‘Street Scene’ …
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