Monday, 19 September 2016

Theatrical Symphony and Symphonic Theatre: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

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(This essay was originally published in a 2016 Salzburg Festival programme.) Theatrical Symphony and Symphonic Theatre   JOSEP...

In the Shadow of Beethoven: Widmann, Liszt, Wagner

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(This essay was originally written as a programme note for the 2016 Salzburg Festival   for this concert , originally to have been performed...

A brace of concerts, not reviewed

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Alas, I shall not be able to review these concerts. That happens from time to time; I am sure the world will survive, somehow. However, ...
Sunday, 18 September 2016

Gould/Tiberghien/Aurora/Collon - Paganini, Mozart, Liszt, and Mendelssohn, 17 September 2016

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Hall One, Kings Place Images: Nick Rutter Paganini – Twenty-four Caprices for solo violin , op.1: Caprice no.5 Mozart – Piano C...

Hope/Neubauer/Finckel/Han - Mahler, Schumann, and Brahms, 16 September 2016

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Wigmore Hall Mahler – Piano Quartet (movement) in A minor Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op.47 Brahms – Piano Quartet ...

Bauci e Filemone (Gluck) and The Judgment of Paris (Arne), Bampton Classical Opera, 13 September 2016

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St John’s, Smith Square Pallas (Catherine Backhouse), Venus (Aoife O'Sullivan), Juno (Barbara Cole Walton) (sung in English...
Monday, 5 September 2016

Why have I been suspended from the Labour Party?

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Whilst I was in Bayreuth, that hotbed of Trotskyite subversion, I heard that many friends had received their electronic ballots fo...
Saturday, 3 September 2016

Prom 65 - Conquer/BBC Singers/EIC/Brönnimann: Bartók, Boulez, and Carter, 2 September 2016

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Royal Albert Hall Bartók – Three Village Scenes Boulez – Anthèmes 2 Carter – Penthode Boulez – cummings ist der Dichter Jeanne-M...