Articles by Bachtrack

The American clarinettist shares his love for Rachmaninov's Second Symphony and his thoughts on a Mozart-Copland hybrid concerto.

Robert Plane talks about his time with the BBC NOW and how he was inspired by Jack Brymer playing the Mozart Concerto.

For their latest Top Ten playlist for Clarinet Month, our editors chose their favourite sonatas. 

Scottish Opera launches an eclectic mix of main house productions, touring activity and a large emphasis on youngsters in Scotland’s Year of Young People.

Antony Pay has been with the OAE since the beginning, or rather, since they included clarinets in the concerts.

A heavyweight tribute to the great Swedish soprano that would grace any coffee table strong enough to support it!

With storytellers and fairytales, the Bamberg Symphony promises a charming new season 2018-19.

Both Matthias Schorn and Daniel Ottensamer have been principal clarinets of the Vienna Philharmonic for a decade and have helped to shape the famous sound of this world class orchestra.

After an extensive tour while the Opera House is refurbished, the company returns to its ancestral home with a concentrated dose of all twelve Puccini operas. But the repertory system ensures that there's plenty of other fare.

Oliver Janes has been principal clarinet with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra for over three years and still loves it like it was the first day.

The Palau's new season is rich and varied, featuring international orchestras, soloists and period ensembles which will bring to life repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the 21st century.

With six new opera productions, including a world première, and two Wiener Staatsballett premières, the 2018-19 season at the Wiener Staatsoper is an enticing prospect.

After a long bargaining process, our clarinet editors agreed on an eclectic list of their favourite clarinet concertos.

Operatic outsiders appear in the gloomy new productions of Deutsche Oper Berlin's new season.

The new season at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège features four new productions, all of Italian operas, which play to the strengths of its new principal conductor.

Bernstein and Rossini provide the glitter and gaiety; Adams and Puccini provide the dark drama; Strauss looks on with pensive irony. It must be summer in Santa Fe again...

The 2018-19 season at Opernhaus Zürich features plenty of new productions, including operas which don't feature too often, such as Die Gezeichneten and Le Grand Macabre.

Bachtrack’s team has selected nine destinations from off the beaten track, sharing insider’s knowledge about how best to enjoy them. 

The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence presents a diverse programme of operatic fare to idyllic settings. 

Violinist Hugo Ticciati, performer at this year’s Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, lets us know why it’s an unmissable destination for music fans.