Here, at the WQXR offices, we read about, watch and listen to a lot of classical music. We created The Whole Note as a place to share content that has captivated us from around the web. We hope they will interest you, too, and inspire you to tell us what is capturing your attention in the comments below.
Andris Nelsons, who was scheduled to lead a controversial production of Parsifal at Bayreuth this year, has abruptly severed his ties with the festival. (Boston Globe)
Alex Ross looks at the history of music used as weapons. (The New Yorker)
Scientists exhume and examine the skeleton of one the greatest castrati to have ever lived. Ick! (Nature)
An orchestra composed of refugees made its New York debut. (Al Jazeera)
Pierre Audi, director of the Dutch National Opera and the Park Avenue Armory, has added another post: running the Aix-en-Provence Festival. (The New York Times)
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra received a grant to reach out to disadvantaged school children. (Baltimore Sun)
Certainly Bizet's Carmen played the field, but this Saturday she's coming to San Francisco's AT&T park. (San Francisco Classical Voice)
The charges against a violinist, accused of attempted murder in a New York hotel, have been dropped. (The New York Times)
