The cancellations of concerts by Malofeev in Vancouver and Montreal are inexcusable and reactionary. They only encourage and deepen the anti-Russian frenzy gripping certain social layers.
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Beethoven’s Concerto No. 5 featuring special guest soloist Santiago Rodriguez
Two of classical music’s most celebrated and distinguished artists will join forces for a special evening, FROST ORCHESTRAS PRESENT
THE BOURGEOIS AND THE
EMPORER, Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 7:30 PM, Eastern Time. The prestigious members of the Frost School of Music faculty, multi Emmy award winner and GRAMMY nominee Gerard Schwarz will conduct the Frost Symphony Orchestra with special guest soloist Santiago Rodriguez, hailed as “one of the finest pianists in the world” by the Baltimore Sun. The live concert from the 600-seat capacity Gusman Concert Hall will be broadcast free, virtually to the public on You Tube in keeping with the school’s policy since the pandemic began.
Kenneth Alwyn, leading light of the British music scene noted for Friday Night is Music Night – obituary
He directed many West End musicals, and recordings included a thrilling 1812 Overture featuring slowed-down gunshot instead of cannon fire
Alwyn recording
Kenneth Alwyn, who has died aged 95, was an orchestral conductor who appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night for 30 years; he conducted the Japanese premiere of Holst’s The Planets, accompanied Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev dancing at the Bath Festival; and took over performances of Benjamin Britten’s ballet The Prince of the Pagodas from the composer after the work’s premiere in 1957.