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Proms week two in review

4266 days ago
Guardian MusicDaniel Barenboim's Beethoven cycle with the West-East Divan Orchestra had tweeters in uproar as the Proms kicked into gearThe 2012 Proms made a promising start last week, and nowhere better than on Twitter, where the forthcoming season was trumpeted ... more info

Prom 12: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Barenboim – review

4266 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonThe third of Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven-Boulez Proms with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will be remembered for a blunder that caused a considerable number of people, myself included, to miss part of it. The programme tol... more info

Letters: Puzzling omissions from Proms programme

4267 days ago
Guardian MusicThanks to Martin Kettle (How we are losing touch with Mozart's true genius, 20 July) for inviting the BBC to rethink the core orchestral programming of the Proms. I too found the omissions in this year's programme surprising. Of Haydn's groundbreakin... more info

A Possibly Illegal Minka Kelly Sex Tape Is Making The Rounds

4267 days ago
DlistedTMZ says that long before Minka Kelly, seen here poking the eyes out of her dog friend (or whatever the hell she's doing in that picture above) a couple of weeks ago, made a piece of Styrofoam look like it's full of emotions by trying to a... more info

Proms 9 and 10: West-Eastern Divan O/Barenboim

4268 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonDaniel Barenboim conducting or playing Beethoven is a box-office banker anywhere, and as soon as this summer's Proms season was made public, all the tickets were snapped up for his cycle of the symphonies with the West-Easter... more info

Mahan Esfahani: Why I'm proud to take part in the Proms

4270 days ago
Guardian MusicClassical music is still banned, censored or denied mainstream approval in some parts of the world – and yet it is loved by millions, writes Iranian-born musician Mahan EsfahaniThis summer, BBC Persian's television service is broadcasting eight of ... more info

The Proms' neglect of Mozart means we are losing touch with his true genius | Martin Kettle

4271 days ago
Guardian MusicOnce fundamental to musical education, Mozart's symphonies are now being pushed to the cultural marginsMost people would find the claim that the modern world is seriously losing touch with the music of Mozart a ludicrous one. After all, Mozart is Moz... more info

Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas – review

4271 days ago
Guardian MusicSeiler/van Immerseel(Zig-Zag Territoires – three CDs)Though not quite as compelling as the recent sets from Renaud Capucon and Frank Braley on Virgin, and Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov (Harmonia Mundi), these performances of Beethoven's vio... more info

Llyr Williams – review

4272 days ago
Guardian MusicGower festivalBeethoven and Scriabin don't often feature on the same programme but, in Llyr Williams's recital opening Gower's annual festival, the pairing of the Op 27 No 2 Sonata with Scriabin's Second Sonata was a reminder that the young Russian ... more info

Jon Lord of Deep Purple - an obituary

4274 days ago
Guardian MusicOrganist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world's biggest rock bands'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple, in an interview with the New Musical Express... more info

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