Beethoven was paid £50 and was deaf when he wrote his Symphony No 9 Ode to Joy. Commissioned in 1822 by the Royal Philharmonic Society in the UK, it premiered in the UK in 1825, following its world premiere in Vienna the previous year.
This weekend, a plaque commemorating the UK premiere and its venue will be unveiled at 252 Regent Street in London, which is today home to a bank.
For some, the names of JS Bach and Glenn Gould are inextricably linked. As we commemorate Gould’s birth anniversary on September 25th 1932, The Guardian takes a comprehensive look at his legacy with insights form some of today’s foremost pianists: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/20/glenn-gould-wilfully-idiotic-genius
All images courtesy of Opera Australia, and taken by Branco Gaica.
Best Orchestral Performance, 2018 -The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Manfred Honeck for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio. This recording was also judgedthe Best Engineered Album, Classical for Sound Engineer Mark Donahue. Other nominees Concertos For Orchestra — Louis Langrée, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) Copland: Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches — Leonard Slatkin, conductor…
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Sydney Eisteddfod has brand new premises in Chippendale, continuing an exciting path of renewal and development after celebrating its 90th birthday last year.
Booker Prize winning writer Julian Barnes has released a new novel The Noise of Time which is receiving high praise from reviewers and readers. The Noise of Time is a fictional biography of the life of Dmitri Shostakovich and tackles the forces of art and power which were set against each other during the turbulent life of…