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May 15
Happy Birthday Aly Bain
The great Shetland fiddle player Aly Bain is 64 today. Here he plays the beautiful slow air Violet Tulloch – Queen of Lerwick, a tribute to another fine Shetland musician. She is said to have remarked, “Well, Aly, that’s fine. Now when are (read full article)
May 01
Mondnacht by Robert Schumann
Es war, als hätt der Himmel Die Erde still geküßt, Daß sie im Blütenschimmer Von ihm nun träumen müßt. Die Luft ging durch die Felder, Die Ähren wogten sacht, Es rauschten leis die Wälder, So sternklar war die Nacht. Und meine Seele spannt (read full article)
Apr 23
Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy in concert at the Union Chapel in London. The set included songs from her album Anglicana, nominated for Album of the Year at the Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2008. (read full article)
Mar 20
Schubert’s Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3
Alfred Brendel is one of my favourite pianists. Although he never changes a note or any other indication that I’ve ever heard, he still brings everything he plays to vivid life. I still treasure his 1970s recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto (read full article)
Mar 02
Mad World by Tears for Fears
I can’t wait to hear Renée Fleming’s version of this. Keep your eye on the guy outside the window. I dance like him. (read full article)
Feb 01
Brown Bread: Earl Wild
Earl Wild was an extraordinary pianist with that grand, big sound and that broad romantic approach – something rarely heard nowadays. A fine musician who has made my music listening incomparably richer. A superbly gifted and unique artist, perhaps (read full article)
Jan 26
Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler
Another clip from Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1998. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 is performed by the Hallé Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder this Thursday at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, pa (read full article)
Nov 24
Goldberg Variations 1-7 by J.S. Bach
Glenn Gould is rather like Marmite. You either love him or you hate him. (read full article)
Nov 10
Urlicht by Gustav Mahler
This was Sir Simon Rattle’s farewell concert with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, which he led for 18 years. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, of course. I wish I’d been there. (read full article)
Nov 03
Igor Stravinsky conducts L’oiseau de feu
Here are some of Stravinsky’s thoughts on other composers, taken from Robert Craft’s less than reliable book Conversations with Igor Stravinsky: I remember seeing Mahler in St. Petersburg. His concert there was a triumph. Rimsky was still alive, (read full article)
Oct 20
Katherine Jenkins: Bring Me To Life
“This album is definitely my most accessible, my most crossover, it’s still classical but it’s far more popular than anything I’ve ever done before,” Katherine Jenkins told Lorraine Kelly on GMTV. Katherine Jenkins Day on The Eton Mess is (read full article)
Oct 20
Evanescence: Bring Me To Life
Katherine Jenkins includes this song on her new album Believe. (read full article)
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