8 h. ago Panion’s arrangements to be performed by London Symphony Orchestra

Panion’s arrangements to be performed by London Symphony Orchestra  The University of Alabama at Birmingham

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9 h. ago Trumpeter Katie Smith: a fourth generation at the London Symphony Orchestra

Trumpeter Katie Smith: a fourth generation at the London Symphony Orchestra  Bachtrack

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6 d. ago Joan Armatrading composes classical piece that is ‘love letter’ to Birmingham

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will give the first performance of Homeland on December 7.

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1 week ago Gramophone Classical Music Awards honour Simon Rattle for a second time; Raphaël Pichon’s Bach takes top prize

The awards also included a lifetime achievement honour for Sir Thomas Allen and two gongs for Spanish violinist María DueñasThe Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025 were announced last night at a ceremony in central London in which Sir Simon Rattle made history as the first musician ever to win Artist of the Year for a second time, having first been awarded the title in 1993.The award recognises Rattle’s recent work with the London Symphony Orchestra (where he is Conductor Emeritus), the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Czech Philharmonic and a string of acclaimed recordings spanning the baroque to contemporary repertoire. In a video acceptance speech, the conductor said: “I was 10 years old when I started spending my pocket money on Gramophone magazine this is an extraordinary honour.” Video tributes to Rattle from fellow musicians included Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare, Thomas Quasthoff and composer John Adams, who said: “How c...

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2 w. ago Why Hong Kong’s 3812 Gallery is betting on London’s Bayswater to attract the next generation of collectors

Why Hong Kong’s 3812 Gallery is betting on London’s Bayswater to attract the next generation of collectors  Monocle

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2 w. ago Heartbreak as south London lollipop lady loved by generations faces redundancy

Heartbreak as south London lollipop lady loved by generations faces redundancy  This Is Local London

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2 w. ago Beethoven 5 Vol 4: Salvatore di Sciarrino album review – classical weight, contemporary subtlety

Jonathan Biss/Swedish Radio SO/Omer Meir Wellber(Orchid Classics)Biss pairs Beethoven’s fourth concerto with Sciarrino’s 21st-century miniature, creating a programme that is thoughtful and vividly expressiveTen years ago, immersed in his project to record all of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Jonathan Biss began commissioning new works to pair with each of the composer’s five piano concertos. His recordings of these with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra reach their penultimate volume with the Concerto No 4 and Salvatore Sciarrino’s 15-minute Il sogno di Stradella, conducted by Omer Meir Wellber.Biss’s tempos are unhurried in the concerto, and while his playing fizzes when Beethoven asks it to, this exuberance isn’t a constant undercurrent; the first movement sometimes feels a little episodic. Yet the tension in the middle movement between the belligerent orchestra and the serene piano is highly effective, and the finale, genial without being playful, has enough weight to balance it ...

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3 w. ago City of London Corporation introduces robust framework for ethical use of Generative AI

City of London Corporation introduces robust framework for ethical use of Generative AI  City of London Corporation

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