CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST

Schubert's Birthday today !  I'd planned to mark the occasion at the Wigmore Hall, but Julia Kleiter cancelled (get well soon !)...

From Hyperion, Hubert Parry chamber pieces with the Leonore Piano Trio,  revealing an aspect of the composer's output that is relati...

Gustav Mahler Symphony no 3 with François-Xavier Roth and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, now at last on CD, released by Harmonia Mundi, af...

Armas Järnefelt : Song of the Scarlet Flower, (Sängen om den eldröda blomman ) from Ondine, marks the centenary of the filmn of the same...

Where does Valery Gergiev get his energy ?  Two livestreams back to back from the Elbphilharmonie, both programmes hefty. Mahler Symphony...

Design concepts revealed for the new concert hall for London.   Main auditirium will seat 2000 in a wood-lined performance space. not unl...

To dismiss the music of George Antheil, without understanding its context, is unfair. John Storgårds makes a good case for Antheil with ...

Clara  Schumann 200th Anniversary Festival at St. John's Smith Square, London,  22nd - 24th February  : " a weekend of music an...

Max Bruch Die Loreley recorded live in the Prinzregenstheater, Munich, in 2014, broadcast by BR Klassik and now released in a 3-CD set...

Livestreamed from the Philharmonie de Paris, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles in an all-Berlioz programme featuring Berlioz Harold ...

Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in Sibelius Symphony no 7 , Hans Abrahamsen's Let Me Tell You (with ...

 What's left of the Jade Gate Pass on the Great Wall of China Photo by Raki Man 2011

Bedřich Smetana Die verkaufte Braut (the Bartered Bride) livestreamed by the Bayerische Staatsoper.   German language versions of this ...