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Landowska’s way
Memories of Wanda Landowska, an exhibition of the life and work of the legendary exponent of Bach’s keyboard works, is on display at the Bachhouse, in Eisenach, the town of his birth. Established in 1906, the Bachhouse was the first museum to be dedicated to J S Bach, although it is believed that he was born not in this house,…
Liszt by Lang Lang
Gramophone magazine previews Lang Lang’s new CD of the piano works of Liszt. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/chart/review/liszt-my-piano-hero
A classic problem…
There is debate over how to categorise Greta Bradman’s new CD ‘Grace’. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/not-a-fair-innings-for-a-bradman/story-fn9d2mxu-1226136137217 If you would like to enter the draw for your own copy of ‘Grace’ , email [email protected] by 5 pm on Friday 16th September with ‘Grace’ in the subject heading.
Kissin’s Australian debut
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/lights-piano-action-aplenty-at-brisbane-festival/story-e6frg8n6-1226135146196
Macbeth and lakme – shining productions from Opera Australia
Peter McCallum reviews Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth which opened in Sydney last Saturday. (NB the singers are not correctly identified in the image). http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/something-wicked-this-way-comes-and-it-is-sure-to-thrill-audiences-20110911-1k407.html Murray Black’s thoughts on Opera Australia’s Lakme for The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/matthews-shines-as-lakme/story-fn9d31nx-1226134510311
the cor anglais – the horn that’s not
In her September series of ‘ Bach in the Dark’ concerts, cellist Rachel Scott has teamed up with Rachel Tolmie playing the cor anglais. (See our post on ‘Bach in the Dark’ for concert dates and venues). Admittedly there isn’t much in the repertoire for this unusual pairing of string and wind so the musicians have…
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