Tag Archives: Boulez

2025 round-up

Posted on January 1, 2026 by vhk10

2025 was an odd year, both for what it contained and for what it didn’t. The outstanding feature was the two overseas choir tours in quick succession, with Bristol Choral to Latvia and Gloucester Choral to Transylvania. They just happened … Continue reading →

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Prom 12: Interval O’Boulez

Posted on September 1, 2012 by vhk10

My husband took the elder children to hear Daniel Barenboim conduct the West-Eastern Divan orchestra in a programme of Boulez (Mémoriale and Messagesquisse) and Beethoven (Fifth and Sixth Symphonies). They got a slip in their programme saying that the interval … Continue reading →

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LPs batch 23: the end of romanticism

Posted on July 29, 2010 by vhk10

This batch began with the second LP of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances and overture My Home. Then a treasured disc of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singing Strauss; we have been unable to agree on whether her performance of the Four Last Songs or … Continue reading →

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