musicalchairs: October 2015

Telegraph.co.ukRoger Allam: 'Calling opera elitist is absurd'Telegraph.co.ukRoger Allam belongs to that rare breed of actor with the chameleon quality: he can do Shakespeare or panto, sitcom or musical comedy, and he's always so purely inside the role that you never think about the man behind it. That's why at 61, after four ...

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Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Steve Reich’s Piano Phase arranged for two Game Boys is pretty mesmerising

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This piano fell off a stage 90 minutes before a concert and it’s too distressing for words

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How games are keeping traditional symphony orchestras in business

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Monday, 19 October 2015

Modern Toss - Orchestral Disturbance No 1 in E flat Major

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Opera tickets are not “expensive”

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We lack a strong enough workforce of professional 'portfolio' musicians

by Sean Gregory, Director of creative learning at the Barbican and Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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The Philadelphia Orchestra needs to rethink its future

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Sunday, 18 October 2015

Lifetime achievement award for orchestra conductor

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Classical music isn't a secret society unless we allow it to be

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How do African American singers feel about blackface in opera?

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Saturday, 17 October 2015

A Chicago cellist explains: Why we work only 20 hours a week

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Rare letter that Mozart penned to friend sells for $217000

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Chicago flute retires after 42 years

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Thursday, 15 October 2015

No classical musicians at Obama's 'celebration of American music' - Slipped Disc

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Opéra: les chanteurs lyriques français se sentent mal aimés

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Eric Owens: paying homage to the great African American classical singers

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Watch Joshua Bell Play a Violin Solo Inspired by Champagne

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Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrates 25th anniversary

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Wednesday, 14 October 2015

How legendary American composer John Williams got his start in Newfoundland

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Kirill Petrenko Remains At The Bavarian State Opera

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The best classical music albums of 2015

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UCA art professor sculpts 14 foot violin

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seal still squatting on Opera House stairs one year on

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VIDEO: 10-year-old hockey player takes his violin talents to the ice

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Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Philadelphia Orchestra reaches contract agreement with musicians

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These are the only 2 known photos of Chopin,

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Lyric Opera of Chicago Opening Night Ball Nets $1.1 Million

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Cloud over Hannover: Winner was student of Russian judge

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Dirigent Saša Britvić tragično preminuo

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A 'Classical' Love Story: Violinists Get Married on Stage During Philly POPS Concert

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Monday, 12 October 2015

John Rutter launches hunt for lost carol composer

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New York Philharmonic plays with Marching Band at halftime

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Unborn babies 'sing' to classical music in ground-breaking study

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Russian Officials Seize 19th-Century Violin

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Boston Lyric Opera Begins Search for New Home

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Will the Bassoon Go Extinct?

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Sunday, 11 October 2015

This heroic page-turner rescued a whole concert with some nifty on-stage manoeuvres

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Cressida Pollock: I'm no opera buff but I'm the right woman for the job

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Saturday, 10 October 2015

Sergei Dogadin wins €50000 top prize at 2015 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition

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Riccardo Chailly: ‘I want to do things differently, to put life on hold’

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Friday, 9 October 2015

Gergiev and the LSO: fond farewells or sighs of relief?

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Star Wars composer John Williams to receive film honour

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The Brassed Off band make a comeback after avoiding closure again

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Saxophone teacher Dan Forshaw keeps up with student in Antarctica - from his home 9,000 miles away

"The first time I met him physically was the morning of his Grade 5 exam, and he went on to get a distinction."

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Why this conductor deserves to be the world's favourite maestro

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Symphony welcomes new members

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Thursday, 8 October 2015

Pianist Peter Donohoe's advice for young musicians: 'go and be a doctor or a lawyer instead'

The way things are at the moment with the world’s educational policies as they are – more or less everywhere apart from China – the interest in listening isn’t there.

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