Recently added articles from Musical Opinion:
Editorial
Jul 01, 2009; ... Congratulations to those musicians receiving awards in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June, at the head of which is a Damehood to pianist Mitsuko Uchida, Tor services to classical music', although the citation for the CBE given to Stephen Cleobury in the same list is merely Tor services to ...
The Rest is Noise
Jul 01, 2009; ... The issues raised by Alex Ross in his new book are considered by the distinguished British composer, whose own new Seventh Symphony will receive its world premiere early next year. The premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurrelieder at the Musikverein in Vienna on February 23rd 1913 was a ...
The Challenge of the Proms
Jul 01, 2009; ... Before taking over the responsibility of the BBC Proms in October 2007 I was Controller of BBC Radio 3. Historically, the jobs have either been linked or undertaken separately. My predecessors Nicholas Kenyon and John Drummond did both, but I took over Radio 3 and that allowed Nicholas to work ...
Restoring Bax's Concertino for Piano and Orchestra of 1939
Jul 01, 2009; ... The world premiere of a Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, substantially drafted in short score in 1939 by the then Master of the Queen's Music, Sir Arnold Bax, and edited for performance by Graham Parlett, will take place on July 3 at the Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon, at 8.00 pm. The ...
Inside the Record Business
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1 - Artists and Repertoire (A & R) Simon Perry, managing director and head of A & R at Hyperion Records, launches our new series in which we invite distinguished people in the industry to give an insight into various aspects of classical recording. My definition of an A ...