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Ensemble. Fresh and Uniquely Inspiring — Malcolm Miller was at London's Royal Festival Hall for music by Mendelssohn and Schumann, played by András Schiff and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Anniversaries: Isaac Albéniz (1860); Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897); Mily Balakirev (1910); Rite of Spring (1913); Iannis Xenakis (1922); Josef Suk (1935); Hibari Misora (1937); Michael Berkeley (1948); Robert Kahn (1951); Margaret Ruthven Lang (1972); George Rochberg (2005); Peter Cropper (2015); David Lewiston (2017); Rosa Briceño (2018); more >>
Twenty-five years ago today:
CD Spotlight — Indelible visions of a troubled world. Bill Newman discusses the Emersons' new recording of the complete Shostakovich works for string quartet (part 3) (published 29 May 2000)
; twenty years ago today:
A singular event — Sergei Podobedov plays Bach/Busoni, Liadov, Boris Goltz and Chopin, reviewed by David Braid (published 29 May 2005)
Today's background image: derived from 'A view of the City of London from Bank', an oil on canvas painting by Swiss-born Italian painter Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884)
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Ensemble. The Cosmic Destination of All Life — Paul Bodine discovers magic in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra's performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 3
Spotlight. Consistently Exhilarating — Gerald Fenech strongly recommends organ and choral music by English composer Herbert Howells. '... as virtuosic as one could wish for.'
Ensemble. Silence within Silence — Keith Bramich is impressed by The Proteus Ensemble's concert yesterday at Ken Woods' Elgar Festival
Classical music news. Appointments and Signings — Caroline Wettergreen, Bryan Ijames, Antonio Pappano, Juliette Tacchino and Sarah Fleiss
Classical music news. The Bowdoin International Music Festival — Details have been announced of a summer season of concerts in the Brunswick area of Maine, USA
Classical music news. Song of Flight — Paul Spicer and Birmingham Bach Choir return to Great Malvern Priory for a concert with a French flavour
Classical music news. Obituary — Yury Grigorovich (1927-2025)
Classical music news. Concours de Genève — The Swiss organisation announces the candidates for its 2025/26 conducting competition
Ensemble. A Near-perfect Triptych — Andreas Rey experiences Puccini's 'Il trittico' at the Opéra Bastille in Paris
Classical music news - May 2025 Obituaries — Our summary of those the classical music world has lost this month
Ensemble. Canada's preeminent touring chamber group? — Paul Bodine listens to music by Mozart, Beethoven and Dinuk Wijeratne played by the New Orford Quartet
Blackout — A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
What Harpsichordists Can Learn From Paderewski — Endre Anaru investigates, and offers a suggestion
Ensemble. Like Hearing for the First Time — Mike Wheeler reports on Copland, Barber and Dvořák from Marta Gardolińska and the Hallé Orchestra
Ensemble. A Plush and Robust Sound — Paul Bodine listens to music by Unsuk Chin and Bruckner, played by Alisa Weilerstein and the San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Payare
Classical music news. Obituary — Matthew Best (1957-2025)
Classical music news. Obituary — Ronald Corp (1951-2025)
Classical music news. Winchendon Music Festival — Andrew Arceci's Massachusetts-based concert series celebrates its tenth anniversary with five concerts between May and October 2025
Ensemble. The Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Mike Wheeler is impressed by a Sinfonia Viva event, presented by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
Classical music news. Notes from the Fires — News from Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, USA and UK
Ensemble. Admirable Clarity — Mike Wheeler explores the complex plot of Verdi's 'Simon Boccanegra', as performed by Opera North
Ensemble. Dated Classical Stoicism? — Paul Bodine, in his first feature for Classical Music Daily, reports on a Beethoven/Tchaikovsky concert in San Diego
Ensemble. An Irresistible Fiery Vigour — Mike Wheeler reports on a memorial concert for one of Derby Chamber Music's founding members, Jon Turner
Classical music news. Obituary — Kari Løvaas (1939-2025)
Ensemble. The 'Alice in Wonderland' Phenomenon — Frances Forbes-Carbines listens to Andrea Bocelli presented using innovative sound technology to an audience of twenty thousand
Ensemble. Serenade to Shakespeare — Mike Wheeler has no complaints about the choral contribution to this inspired idea
Classical music news. May 2025 Newsletter — Watch and listen to our May 2025 video newsletter - The Performing Artist as Co-creator
Classical music news - Firedove — English organist Anna Lapwood's new album was recorded in a Norwegian cathedral
Music on the Front Line — Peter King discusses the special place that music has for journalists at the sharp end of conflict zones
Classical music news - Schumannfest 2025 — 'Romanticise yourself' is the motto of Düsseldorf's Schumann Festival in June 2025
Classical music news. Obituary — Dumitru Zamfira (1940-2025)
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