Conducting in the 21st Century
- Friday, June 11, 2021
Tomorrow night, we’ll know who has won the 2021 Malko Competition. The contest in Copenhagen has taught us plenty of lessons along the way...
Features
Emptiness is form: an evening of new music and texts
- Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Ahead of a concert at St John's Smith Square exploring separation, Jasmin Kent Rodgman reflects on the impact of the past year on artists
Sir Nicholas Kenyon | My Music: ‘We desperately need performance to bring music to life, and the last year has proved that so vividly’
- Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Sir Nicholas Kenyon The author, broadcaster and Barbican Centre Managing Director on the impact of music on societies past and present
Byrd 1588: A compelling insight into an extraordinary moment in English history
- Tuesday, June 8, 2021
For Alamire’s new album, the ensemble’s Artistic Director David Skinner has returned a major Byrd collection to its roots. Martin Cullingford listens in
Connecting Michael Nyman with Mozart
- Monday, June 7, 2021
The German pianist Sebastian Knauer on the story behind his latest project, ‘The Mozart Nyman Concert’
The Listening Room (6.6.21)
- Sunday, June 6, 2021
Daniel Barenboim conducts Debussy, Kate Lindsey sings Bartolomeo Monari, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Francisco Coll and Leif Ove Andsnes plays and conducts Mozart, plus a video track from Oliver Zeffman. And pre-release tracks by Kit Armstrong, Iván Fischer, Igor Levit and Heinz Holliger
This Week's Essential New Classical Albums
- Friday, June 4, 2021
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax record Beethoven's Cello Sonatas, Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich play Debussy, Sir András Schiff and the OAE release Brahms's Piano Concertos
Video of the Day: Timelapse 2.0
- Thursday, June 3, 2021
Orchestra of the Swan's innovative streamed concert features music from Rameau to Radiohead
Matthew Sharp’s CoronAdventure Year
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The British cellist follows up from his blog last year, explaining how his desire to keep classical music alive during the pandemic has taken him to France for some wide-ranging artistic projects
Leif Ove Andsnes interview: ‘It’s amazing what happens in three years of Mozart’s life’
- Friday, May 28, 2021
Despite Covid’s devastating tidal-wave effect on the music world, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has miraculously salvaged his Mozart Momentum project for Sony Classical. He is amazed and grateful, he tells Hugo Shirley in Berlin
This Week's Essential New Classical Albums
- Friday, May 28, 2021
Featuring new albums from Leif Ove Andsnes, Kate Lindsey, Mahan Esfahani, Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Tine Thing Helseth
Ravel's Boléro | A Complete Guide To The Best Recordings
- Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Boléro has attracted interpreters ranging from Pierre Boulez to James Last. Philip Clark seeks out the finest moments of an 80-year recording history
Top 10 Classical Music Moments in Cinema
- Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The greatest scene-stealing scores by Mozart, Wagner, Gershwin, Rachmaninov, Barber, Mahler, Strauss and Mascagni
Jacqueline du Pré and Elgar's Cello Concerto
- Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Sarah Kirkup speaks to those closest to du Pré to understand what makes her legacy so unique
Top 10 Saint-Saëns albums
- Tuesday, May 25, 2021
There's much more to Saint-Saëns than the Carnival of the Animals, as these outstanding recordings amply demonstrate
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