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Johannes Brahms: Complete Symphonies review – constantly fascinating performances | Classical music
Though these days we generally hear the Brahms symphonies performed by a full-sized symphony orchestra of 70 or 80 players, the composer himself is said to have preferred smaller forces. The orchestra in Karlsruhe, which […]
Prom 14: CBSO/Yamada review – Smyth beguiles and Rachmaninov ravishes | Proms 2022
Ethel Smyth’s music features prominently in this year’s Proms, and the centrepiece of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s concert with their chief conductor designate, Kazuki Yamada, was her Concerto for Violin and Horn, written […]
Akusmi: Fleeting Future review – minimalism meets rave pentatonics | Experimental music
Pascal Bideau is a French composer based in London who has written and arranged music for dozens of films and documentaries. He has studied Indonesian gamelan, and in his alter ego of Akusmi he explores […]
Mira Calix was an open-hearted musician who brought magic to the everyday | Music
Artists whose careers began in electronic music are often portrayed – sometimes deliberately – as distant, detached figures. Mira Calix, the artistic moniker of Chantal Passamonte, who died this weekend aged 51, was the absolute […]
Ohio State Athletic Band Performs Van Halen Tribute Medley: Watch
The Ohio State University Spring Athletic Band paid tribute to Van Halen with a medley of songs during halftime of the football team’s annual spring game this past weekend. The band treated Buckeyes fans to […]
Talk about Oscar-nominated ‘Encanto’ composer Germaine Franco
Germaine Franco attends the world premiere of “Encanto” at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre. (Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for Disney) Disney’s “Encanto” — a story about the Madrigals, a magical family fighting to save […]