Orchestra

since 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 20:13 UTC

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29 days ago

The Women's Orchestra Of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba: How music saved 40 women from the gas chambers

found 2025 › Apr › 05 (Sat) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Anne Sebba's new book tells how the prisoners in the Orchestra of Auschwitz were spared the camp's worst fate but were haunted for life and many never played again.

43 days ago

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba review – playing for their lives

found 2025 › Mar › 21 (Fri) @ 16:13 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The remarkable story of conductor Alma Rosé and the musicians who survived the Holocaust by performing amid horrific conditions

When 13-year-old Pearl Pufeles disembarked from the cattle car at Auschw…

75 days ago

‘I never let a man carry my double bass’: Oscar-hopeful Orin O’Brien on making music – and history

found 2025 › Feb › 17 (Mon) @ 09:44 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

She caused a sensation in 1966 when she joined the New York Phil and its 103 male musicians. Now the double bassist is the star of The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a documentary nominated for an Acade…

79 days ago

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius album review – thoughtful and acutely sensitive to tiniest nuances

found 2025 › Feb › 13 (Thu) @ 20:02 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Findon/Rice/Williams/Finnish RSO/Collon
(Ondine)
This is a very distinguished addition to the pantheon of Gerontius recordings, and Christine Rice is as good an Angel as any on disc since Janet Baker

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