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🌙 When words fail, the piano speaks.
Midnight Lullaby — a slow, emotional composition suspended between tenderness and melancholy.
Music for quiet souls and sleepless hearts.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/T7WZ2KRPIY0
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Midnight Lullaby — a slow, emotional composition suspended between tenderness and melancholy.
Music for quiet souls and sleepless hearts.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/T7WZ2KRPIY0
#ClassicalCrescendo #Piano #EmotionalMusic
#ClassicalMusic Montreal’s OSJM turns 50 as Louis Lavigueur marks 40 years on the podium. Season opens Nov 22 with Beethoven’s Ninth alongside the Chœur classique de Montréal at Église Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste. Want details or tickets? Ask in the comments. #Montreal #Beethoven
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#ClassicalMusic Montreal’s OSJM turns 50 as Louis Lavigueur marks 40 years on the podium. Season opens Nov 22 with Beethoven’s Ninth alongside the Chœur classique de Montréal at Église Saint‑Jean‑Baptiste. Want details or tickets? Ask in the comments. #Montreal #Beethoven
#Opera
Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon wins Montreal’s OSM Voice Competition, earning $20K, a solo with OSM, and residencies at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Orford Musique. Bridget Esler takes 2nd ($12K); baritone Korin Thomas‑Smith 3rd ($7.5K). Want highlights? Drop a comment. #ClassicalMusic
Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon wins Montreal’s OSM Voice Competition, earning $20K, a solo with OSM, and residencies at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Orford Musique. Bridget Esler takes 2nd ($12K); baritone Korin Thomas‑Smith 3rd ($7.5K). Want highlights? Drop a comment. #ClassicalMusic
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#Opera
Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon wins Montreal’s OSM Voice Competition, earning $20K, a solo with OSM, and residencies at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Orford Musique. Bridget Esler takes 2nd ($12K); baritone Korin Thomas‑Smith 3rd ($7.5K). Want highlights? Drop a comment. #ClassicalMusic
Soprano Gabrielle Turgeon wins Montreal’s OSM Voice Competition, earning $20K, a solo with OSM, and residencies at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and Orford Musique. Bridget Esler takes 2nd ($12K); baritone Korin Thomas‑Smith 3rd ($7.5K). Want highlights? Drop a comment. #ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusic
“Beethoven for Three” returns: Ax, Kavakos, and Yo‑Yo Ma pair a nimble trio take on Symphony No. 4 (arr. Shai Wosner) with a warm, insightful “Archduke.” Lyrical pages glow, and the slow movements truly sing. Heard it yet?
#Beethoven #ChamberMusic
“Beethoven for Three” returns: Ax, Kavakos, and Yo‑Yo Ma pair a nimble trio take on Symphony No. 4 (arr. Shai Wosner) with a warm, insightful “Archduke.” Lyrical pages glow, and the slow movements truly sing. Heard it yet?
#Beethoven #ChamberMusic
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#ClassicalMusic
“Beethoven for Three” returns: Ax, Kavakos, and Yo‑Yo Ma pair a nimble trio take on Symphony No. 4 (arr. Shai Wosner) with a warm, insightful “Archduke.” Lyrical pages glow, and the slow movements truly sing. Heard it yet?
#Beethoven #ChamberMusic
“Beethoven for Three” returns: Ax, Kavakos, and Yo‑Yo Ma pair a nimble trio take on Symphony No. 4 (arr. Shai Wosner) with a warm, insightful “Archduke.” Lyrical pages glow, and the slow movements truly sing. Heard it yet?
#Beethoven #ChamberMusic
#Arts ENO CEO Jenny Mollica exits after just over two years to lead Camden’s Roundhouse next summer, succeeding Marcus Davey (27 years). ENO says artistic momentum is strong amid its London–Manchester move. Share your view. #Opera #UKCulture
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#Arts ENO CEO Jenny Mollica exits after just over two years to lead Camden’s Roundhouse next summer, succeeding Marcus Davey (27 years). ENO says artistic momentum is strong amid its London–Manchester move. Share your view. #Opera #UKCulture
#ClassicalMusic Wiener Symphoniker extends Intendant Jan Nast through 2032. Nast has led the orchestra since 2019 and earlier spent 22 years as Orchestra Director of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden. What do you think of the extension? #Vienna #Orchestra
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#ClassicalMusic Wiener Symphoniker extends Intendant Jan Nast through 2032. Nast has led the orchestra since 2019 and earlier spent 22 years as Orchestra Director of the Saxon State Orchestra Dresden. What do you think of the extension? #Vienna #Orchestra
#Opera Wagnerian tenor Gary Lakes has died at 75 in Pittsburgh. An Oklahoma native, he debuted at the Met in 1986 and soon sang Siegmund, later recording with Jessye Norman under James Levine. Other roles: Parsifal, Erik, Samson, the Emperor, Grigory. Share your memories. #RIP #ClassicalMusic
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#Opera Wagnerian tenor Gary Lakes has died at 75 in Pittsburgh. An Oklahoma native, he debuted at the Met in 1986 and soon sang Siegmund, later recording with Jessye Norman under James Levine. Other roles: Parsifal, Erik, Samson, the Emperor, Grigory. Share your memories. #RIP #ClassicalMusic
#Music Edinburgh Int’l Festival aims high under Nicola Benedetti: Berlin Philharmonic with Kirill Petrenko for the finale—Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Scriabin. Also: San Francisco Ballet, Zurich Opera, and a Holland Festival & Avignon co-pro. What would you see? #ClassicalMusic #Edinburgh
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#Music Edinburgh Int’l Festival aims high under Nicola Benedetti: Berlin Philharmonic with Kirill Petrenko for the finale—Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Scriabin. Also: San Francisco Ballet, Zurich Opera, and a Holland Festival & Avignon co-pro. What would you see? #ClassicalMusic #Edinburgh
#Architecture BIG unveils a 45,000 m² waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Ballet in HafenCity, near the Elbphilharmonie. Terraced gardens invite the public along the facades; inside, “state-of-the-art acoustics” and concentric wooden rings shape the hall. Thoughts? #Hamburg #Opera
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#Architecture BIG unveils a 45,000 m² waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Ballet in HafenCity, near the Elbphilharmonie. Terraced gardens invite the public along the facades; inside, “state-of-the-art acoustics” and concentric wooden rings shape the hall. Thoughts? #Hamburg #Opera
#NewMusic Amelia Clarkson’s The Rain Keeps Coming premiered with Ulster Orchestra at Ulster Hall, Belfast (10 Oct 2025), exploring cycles of renewal and reflection. She’s the orchestra’s youngest female composer to be commissioned. Were you there? Share your take. #ClassicalMusic #WomenInMusic
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#NewMusic Amelia Clarkson’s The Rain Keeps Coming premiered with Ulster Orchestra at Ulster Hall, Belfast (10 Oct 2025), exploring cycles of renewal and reflection. She’s the orchestra’s youngest female composer to be commissioned. Were you there? Share your take. #ClassicalMusic #WomenInMusic
#Classical London Song Festival traced Sara Teasdale’s life in song, with mezzo Kristin Dauphinais and pianist Nigel Foster pairing her poems with American voices including Amy Beach, John Duke, George Crumb and Lori Laitman. Compelling, if diction sometimes blurred. #Poetry #Review
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#Classical London Song Festival traced Sara Teasdale’s life in song, with mezzo Kristin Dauphinais and pianist Nigel Foster pairing her poems with American voices including Amy Beach, John Duke, George Crumb and Lori Laitman. Compelling, if diction sometimes blurred. #Poetry #Review
#Opera HGO’s Poppea at Jackson’s Lane is a small-scale triumph: a young cast delivers razor-sharp Italian and vivid storytelling in Ashley Pearson’s intimate staging, led from the harpsichord by Seb Gillot. Standouts: Hera Protopapas (Nerone), Theano Papadaki (Poppea). Seen it? #Monteverdi #London
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
#Opera HGO’s Poppea at Jackson’s Lane is a small-scale triumph: a young cast delivers razor-sharp Italian and vivid storytelling in Ashley Pearson’s intimate staging, led from the harpsichord by Seb Gillot. Standouts: Hera Protopapas (Nerone), Theano Papadaki (Poppea). Seen it? #Monteverdi #London
#Music Paraguayan guitarist Berta Rojas maps 500 years of Latin American strings, traveling to 10 countries with 17 guests. Vinyl, streaming, videos, and an AR book: 11 tracks from Chile’s 25‑string guitarrón to Puerto Rico’s cuatro. Want links? Ask in the replies. #Guitar #LatAm
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#Music NCEM Young Composers Award 2026 invites UK residents (≤25) to write a Monteverdi-inspired song for soprano, cornett + keyboard with The Gonzaga Band. Workshop York 16 Apr; winners premiered 27 Oct at Royal Birmingham Cons. Rec. for BBC R3. Want the link? Comment. #EarlyMusic #YoungComposers
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#Music NCEM Young Composers Award 2026 invites UK residents (≤25) to write a Monteverdi-inspired song for soprano, cornett + keyboard with The Gonzaga Band. Workshop York 16 Apr; winners premiered 27 Oct at Royal Birmingham Cons. Rec. for BBC R3. Want the link? Comment. #EarlyMusic #YoungComposers
#Opera Joe Cutler & Max Hoehn’s Sonata for Broken Fingers spins a (likely apocryphal) Stalin tale into a gripping radio opera—equal parts horror and absurdity. Claire Booth, Stephen Richardson & BCMG shine under Sian Edwards. Out now on Birmingham Record Company. Thoughts? #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#Opera Joe Cutler & Max Hoehn’s Sonata for Broken Fingers spins a (likely apocryphal) Stalin tale into a gripping radio opera—equal parts horror and absurdity. Claire Booth, Stephen Richardson & BCMG shine under Sian Edwards. Out now on Birmingham Record Company. Thoughts? #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic
#ClassicalMusic Spotlight: Fauré’s Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat major, performed by pianist Marguerite Long—lyrical, poised, and quietly luminous. Curious to hear it? Ask in the replies. #Piano #Faure
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#ClassicalMusic Spotlight: Fauré’s Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat major, performed by pianist Marguerite Long—lyrical, poised, and quietly luminous. Curious to hear it? Ask in the replies. #Piano #Faure
#ClassicalMusic This week’s spotlight: pianists with November birthdays—Cziffra’s blazing virtuosity, Long’s French finesse, plus Gieseking, Moravec, Barenboim, Bolet, Paderewski, and Zak. Which recording defines them for you? Share your pick. #Piano #MusicHistory
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#ClassicalMusic This week’s spotlight: pianists with November birthdays—Cziffra’s blazing virtuosity, Long’s French finesse, plus Gieseking, Moravec, Barenboim, Bolet, Paderewski, and Zak. Which recording defines them for you? Share your pick. #Piano #MusicHistory
#News Reports say Italy’s government has named Michele Mariotti Music Director of the RAI Symphony Orchestra and tapped Beatrice Rana as music adviser to Spoleto’s Festival dei Due Mondi. This comes amid protests over Beatrice Venezi at La Fenice. What’s your take? #ClassicalMusic #Italy
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#News Reports say Italy’s government has named Michele Mariotti Music Director of the RAI Symphony Orchestra and tapped Beatrice Rana as music adviser to Spoleto’s Festival dei Due Mondi. This comes amid protests over Beatrice Venezi at La Fenice. What’s your take? #ClassicalMusic #Italy
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A somber weekend for the London Symphony Orchestra: reports note the funeral of respected oboist and cor anglais player Michael Jeans, and the orchestra is also mourning the loss of a leading figure. Share memories or favorite recordings. #LSO #Obituary
A somber weekend for the London Symphony Orchestra: reports note the funeral of respected oboist and cor anglais player Michael Jeans, and the orchestra is also mourning the loss of a leading figure. Share memories or favorite recordings. #LSO #Obituary
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#ClassicalMusic
A somber weekend for the London Symphony Orchestra: reports note the funeral of respected oboist and cor anglais player Michael Jeans, and the orchestra is also mourning the loss of a leading figure. Share memories or favorite recordings. #LSO #Obituary
A somber weekend for the London Symphony Orchestra: reports note the funeral of respected oboist and cor anglais player Michael Jeans, and the orchestra is also mourning the loss of a leading figure. Share memories or favorite recordings. #LSO #Obituary
#Opera Harrison Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy gets its Frankfurt premiere Dec 11, 2025 at Oper Frankfurt. Alden Gatt conducts, Wolfgang Nägele directs; cast includes Jarrett Porter and Danae Kontora. Performed in English with German surtitles. Going? Share your plans. #Frankfurt #Birtwistle
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#Opera Harrison Birtwistle’s Punch and Judy gets its Frankfurt premiere Dec 11, 2025 at Oper Frankfurt. Alden Gatt conducts, Wolfgang Nägele directs; cast includes Jarrett Porter and Danae Kontora. Performed in English with German surtitles. Going? Share your plans. #Frankfurt #Birtwistle
#Opera Icelandic soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir—“Alfi”—makes her Austrian debut as Alice in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland at Theater an der Wien. Director Elisabeth Stöppler leans into the dreamlike, self-encountering journey. Opens tomorrow. Who’s going? #Vienna #ClassicalMusic
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Opera Icelandic soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir—“Alfi”—makes her Austrian debut as Alice in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland at Theater an der Wien. Director Elisabeth Stöppler leans into the dreamlike, self-encountering journey. Opens tomorrow. Who’s going? #Vienna #ClassicalMusic
#ClassicalMusic The London Symphony Orchestra mourns Michael Davis (1937–2025), its concertmaster during Claudio Abbado’s tenure (1979–87). A modest, masterful violinist, he led by quiet example. An LSO tribute is coming today. Share memories if you knew his work. #LSO #Abbado
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#ClassicalMusic The London Symphony Orchestra mourns Michael Davis (1937–2025), its concertmaster during Claudio Abbado’s tenure (1979–87). A modest, masterful violinist, he led by quiet example. An LSO tribute is coming today. Share memories if you knew his work. #LSO #Abbado
#News
Florida activists staged an art-based protest outside Miami's Arsht Center, targeting Florida Grand Opera chair Tina Vidal-Duart. Protesters allege she profits from immigrant detention at "Alligator Alcatraz." Should arts leaders be held to account for business ties? #Florida #Opera
Florida activists staged an art-based protest outside Miami's Arsht Center, targeting Florida Grand Opera chair Tina Vidal-Duart. Protesters allege she profits from immigrant detention at "Alligator Alcatraz." Should arts leaders be held to account for business ties? #Florida #Opera
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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This week’s Apple Classical chart: Tiffany Poon’s Central Park album “Nature” leads, with Armin van Buuren’s “Classical (DJ Mix)” at No. 2. Rounding out the top spots: Goldberg Variations, Sleep, Piano Book 2. Want the full top 10? Ask below. #Streaming #Charts
This week’s Apple Classical chart: Tiffany Poon’s Central Park album “Nature” leads, with Armin van Buuren’s “Classical (DJ Mix)” at No. 2. Rounding out the top spots: Goldberg Variations, Sleep, Piano Book 2. Want the full top 10? Ask below. #Streaming #Charts
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#ClassicalMusic
This week’s Apple Classical chart: Tiffany Poon’s Central Park album “Nature” leads, with Armin van Buuren’s “Classical (DJ Mix)” at No. 2. Rounding out the top spots: Goldberg Variations, Sleep, Piano Book 2. Want the full top 10? Ask below. #Streaming #Charts
This week’s Apple Classical chart: Tiffany Poon’s Central Park album “Nature” leads, with Armin van Buuren’s “Classical (DJ Mix)” at No. 2. Rounding out the top spots: Goldberg Variations, Sleep, Piano Book 2. Want the full top 10? Ask below. #Streaming #Charts
#Arts Lilian Hochauser turns 99 this week. The legendary impresario bridged Russian and British opera and ballet, and still vows to restart Bolshoi/Mariinsky engagements at Covent Garden the moment a ceasefire allows. Want the recent interview link? Ask below. #Opera #Ballet
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM