News & Comment
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NEWS 06.06.13Halle Handel Festival cancelled
The Handel Festival in Halle, Germany has had to be cancelled due to dangerous levels of flooding currently affecting much of central Europe. The festival, which was due to open today and run until 16 [...]
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NEWS 03.06.13Young people invited to apply for Scratch Youth Messiah event
A group of 1,000 young people from schools and youth choirs will be given the chance to sing under the baton of Suzi Digby in a performance of Handel’s Messiah in December. The Scratch Youth [...]
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COMPETITIONS 31.05.13Stradivarius exhibition
The Ashmolean Museum has launched the Stradivarius exhibition – the first major display in the UK to be dedicated to the instrument maker’s life and work. Approximately 700 Stradivari instruments are known to have survived, 21 of [...]
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NEWS 30.05.13New Mary Rose museum displays rare Tudor instruments
A museum to commemorate sixteenth-century warship the Mary Rose will have its grand opening on 31 May. The new museum reunites the ship and its contents once again: among the thousands of artefacts on display [...]
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NEWS 30.05.13Lawrence-King opera production wins Golden Mask Award
A production of Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo, directed by Andrew Lawrence-King, has been awarded the Golden Mask – one of Russia’s most prestigious prizes for theatrical art. Emilio de Cavalieri’s work is thought [...]
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NEWS 24.05.13Four world premieres at Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival
The 2013 Nordic Historical Keyboard Festival returns this summer with a programme featuring four world premieres of works commissioned especially for the festival. The pieces have been composed by musicians from around the globe: Leonardo [...]
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COMMENT 21.05.13
Getting Started: period-style singing
‘Getting Started’ in the June–August issue of Early Music Today looks at ways to introduce period style into your vocal performance. Exclusively for our online readers, Dame Emma Kirkby offers some extra comments on advice on the challenges [...]
