No jail terms for those running companies that knowingly damage the environment and with repercussions which will cost vastly more than repairing a frame www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just Stop Oil activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup over Van's Gogh's piece.
Here’s this week’s selection of classical CD reviews on @theartsdesk.bsky.social - including a terrific Rameau opera from me
"On the day of Boulez’s centenary (30/03/2025)' BBC Radio 3 has a whole day devoted to the composer... 4 days after the anniversary in fact! Looking forward to this #Boulezwww.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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#NewReleases2024 #264 Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23 Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino Her interventionist individuality place Pashchenko beyond the pale to some ears, but I found the volatile virtuosity fascinating. Recommended to Mozartians who like to be surprised ❤️
#NewReleases2024 #263 Ravel: Orchestral Music Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot Sure, they may not be Berlin/Boulez or Montreal/Dutoit, but I thoroughly enjoyed this assured Ravel programme. Well worth any French music fan's ear.
#NewReleases2024 #262 Bliss: Music for Brass Band Black Dyke Band, John Wilson From the music to the arrangements to the playing, this is brass band Bliss! 🩶💙❤️
#NewReleases2024 #261 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Münchner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta Oh dear. Mehta may be a big name but this dreary, sluggish stodge-fest does Brahms no favours at all.
#NewReleases2024 #260 Robert Schumann: Symphonies 3 & 4 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend Some Schumann lovers might wish for more romantic wallowing but these no-nonsense, bright-eyed, forward-flowing accounts gave me much pleasure.
