Video Lecture: Mark Berry ""Hans Werner Henze, Wagner, and the Weight of German Musical Culture"
Mark Berry at Bayreuth
You can continue to read Dr Berry's thoughts on Wagner and much else over at "The Boulezian"
From the American leg of the Wagner World Wide set of conferences, organized by Professors Nicholas Vazsonyi and Julie
Hubbert, held at the School of Music on the campus of the University of
South Carolina (USA) 30 January - 2 February 2013.
Horton - Chopin and Ravel, 16 January 2026
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Wigmore Hall
*Chopin: *Nocturne in C minor, op.48 no.1; Nocturne in F-sharp minor, op.48
no.2
*Ravel:*
*Valses nobles et sentimentales **Chopin:* Scher...
The Happenstancers at 21C
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Regular readers will be familiar with the Happenstancers. They are a
shifting group of young musicians convened by Brad Cherwin who have been
presenting i...
Los Adioses de 2025
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Ernesto Acher, Adriana Aizemberg, Roberta Alexander, Hector Alterio, Luigi
Alva, Björn Andrésen, Giorgio Armani, Loni Anderson, Pierre Audi, Jorge
Aulicino...
Imprints of Man: Death Metal for piano
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New York metal trio Imperial Triumphant is my best discovery of 2025
(better late than never to a party). Now there’s a new record—not with new
songs, but ...
Amapola by Villeroy Boch
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This painting of a teapot and other crockery from the Amapola series by
Villeroy Boch adds a sense of calm to a wall. Amapola is the word for Poppy
in Span...
NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants
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The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young
singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the
Wag...
The Future
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Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I
hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone
he ded...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018!
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Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19
Season open...