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BBC Proms 2022: Prom 44 Ethel Smyth review - a triumphant return for her long-forgotten Mass
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoUntil recently, Ethel Smyth was mostly a character – and what a character! – from the history books:...
Five things you probably didn’t know about the biggest art heist in history
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoMost galleries are famous for the art they have. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston,...
OPINION - A history of classical music with only men is exactly the kind of thing that keeps the...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoEver heard of Hildegard of Bingham? Some 350-odd years before Leonardo da Vinci, this devout German...
BBC Proms: CBSO/Yamada - an exemplary performance of Ethyl Smith’s subtle and original work
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoSo engrained is the stereotype of Ethel Smyth as feisty champion of women’s rights and composer of...
BBC Proms 2022 highlights: the best concerts to book at the London festival, from the Gaming Prom to...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoWhen this year’s BBC Proms kick off on July 15, it will be something to celebrate: for the first...
Pick of the BBC Proms 2022: Presenters on the concerts they can’t wait to see
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoFrom the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to a celebration of Aretha Franklin and the music of video...
Quartet review: did four women really change the world of classical music?
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoA new book about female composers in the 19th and 20th centuries misses an opportunity to cast its net wider in the pool of female musical talent and fails to prove the claims of its title.