Woot woot - the Times & Sunday Times are free to read online this weekend, so if you haven't caught my piece about Myra Hess's WW2 National Gallery concerts yet, here's your chance. thetimes.com/article/a2de6f…

Would You Rather… 1️⃣ Experience a live concert conducted by Leopold Stokowski in his prime 🎼✨ OR 2️⃣ Hear a newly uncovered Stokowski recording—his interpretation of a 21st-century orchestral masterpiece? 🎻🔍 Let us know in the comments! 👇

The beautiful closing bars of the Good Friday Music from Parsifal, performed here in Wagner’s own orchestral version 🎻 🎥 This 1964 archive recording shows the Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by the great Wagnerian conductor, Erich Leinsdorf.

We're listening to Mahler's Resurrection Symphony this Resurrection Sunday! 🪦🎉 🎶 The great Mahlerian William Steinberg conducts in this 1965 live studio recording of the staggering Symphony No.2, featuring the Kolner Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester.