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The Seckerson Tapes: Reclaiming a Mozart concerto![]()
In Leopold Mozart’s old house (now a museum) in the Bavarian city of Augsburg a piano tuner is hard at work tuning one of the working exhibits - a venerable clavichord. Enter Reinhard Goebel and... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: American Psycho![]()
In the season of goodwill a new musical based on Bret Easton Ellis’ notorious novel American Psycho might earn itself the subtitle “NOT the Christmas Show” - but when the composer is... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Conductor Gianluca Marcianò![]()
Bowing in at the London Coliseum for the latest revival of Anthony Minghella’s sumptuous staging of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly, conductor Gianluca Marcianò is fast building a reputation as... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Fidelio in Bergen![]()
In the listening room of Grieg Hall, Bergen, a concert hall sometimes masquerading as a theatre and vice versa, I talk to Mary Miller, director of Bergen National Opera, and Andrew Litton, music... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Benjamin Wallfisch![]()
Benjamin Wallfisch was born into an extraordinarily musical family. His father Raphael Wallfisch is a cellist of international repute and his grandmother Anita Lasker-Wallfisch would not be alive... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Lucy Schaufer![]()
Lucy Schaufer has always been one to confound our expectations. As she puts it herself, she’s “an American in London, conceived within the American Dream and living in the Old World.” As an... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Ian Bostridge![]()
It comes as no surprise that international tenor Ian Bostridge plays a significant part in EMI and Virgin Classics‘ contribution to Britten 100. In this exclusive audio podcast he discusses the... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Colin Currie![]()
The evolution of the solo percussionist has advanced dramatically over the last couple of decades and among the superstars of the hardware that can be struck and pounded or caressed and stroked is... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Heldentenor Ian Storey![]()
In 2007 the English tenor, Ian Storey, made a dramatic and highly visible debut as Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the season opening of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Daniel... Read more... |
The Seckerson Tapes: Jan Vogler, Dresden Music Festival![]()
The 36th Dresden Music Festival has a big title and even bigger ambitions. Empire is a theme which Artistic Director Jan Vogler hopes will embrace not just the cultural achievements of the British... Read more... |
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