Michael Tilson Thomas, 12-time Grammy-winning conductor, dies aged 81

The celebrated conductor led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, and co-founded the New World Symphony.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/michael-tilson-thomas-obituary/106602132

#ClassicalMusic #Music #Orchestral #Composer

Michael Tilson Thomas - MTT * 21. Dezember 1944 † 22. April 2026. #classicalMusic theclassicreview.com/news/michael...

Michael Tilson Thomas Has Died

Echoes of Nature
Apple Music Classical

https://classical.music.apple.com/us/playlist/pl.73c4feb52fbc416bbd9b1b2a9717fb9c?l=en-US

#classicalMusic #appleMusicClassical #commute #playlist

A live performance of the surprisingly beautiful early Op 14 Saint-Saens Piano Quintet played in 2018 by Anna Geniushene (piano), Francisco Fullana (violin), Lun Li (violin), Matthew Lipman (viola) and Sterling Elliott (cello):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LnVgPGrOk

#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #quintet

今日はプロコフィエフの誕生日（と本人が信じていた日：実際は27日だったらしい）。1891年生まれ。

ウクライナのドネツィク州ソンツィフカの生まれ。当時は帝政ロシア領、今ロシアが不当な占領を続けているエリア。

この地で11歳頃からグリエールに作曲の指導を受け始めている。母親が音楽教育に熱心で、わざわざグリエールを招聘して子供を指導してもらっていたという。

#クラシック #ClassicalMusic

Wings of #Renaissance
Violetta Khachikyan

https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1874275744?l=en-US

#classicalMusic #appleMusicClassical #commute #piano

It’s unfashionable, wild and wilful – why Bax’s music deserves a comeback
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/22/its-unfashionable-wild-and-wilful-why-arnold-baxs-music-deserves-a-comeback?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ClassicalMusic
#ArnoldBax

Happy B’Day Yehudi Menuhin *22. April 1916 #classicalMusic

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qvyoqid6fzhnqfmz5kql5qlg/post/3mk35cljpvc2b

Happy Birthday Kathleen Ferrier *22. April 1912. O Röschen rot. aus Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection". Klemperer Consulting. #classicalMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxi_...

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Portrait k Ferrier

The very fine Shostakovich Cello Sonata (1934), played by Rostropovich with the composer at the piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyd_2T4jsM

#classicalmusic @classicalmusic #chambermusic #piano #cello

Almost There - EP
Tjeerd Oosterhuis

https://classical.music.apple.com/us/album/1884327624?l=en-US

#classicalMusic #appleMusicClassical #commute #piano #crossover

@classicalmusic

#GeorgFriedrichHändel 1685 - 1759

#OrganConcerto Op 4 No 1 G minor (1735/36) #HWV289

I. Larghetto e staccato
II. Allegro
III. Adagio
IV. Andante

#KarlRichter
#MünchenerBachOrchester

#classicalmusic #galantmusic #musik #music #musique #musica #Händel #Handel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10BYjzRPE-w

@classicalmusic

#CarolineShaw b.1982

Ritornello 2.sq.2.j.a (2015)

#AttaccaQuartet

#musik #music #musique #musica #Shaw #classicalmusic
#contemporarymusic
#womencomposers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuC9kbN0hJU

@classicalmusic

#GiacintoScelsi 1905 –1988

Quattro Pezzi (for orchestra) (1959)

#ViennaRadioSymphonyOrchestra
#PeterRundel

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#musik #music #musique #musica #Scelsi #classicalmusic
#mininmalistmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTjz6emd7c