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Joseph Haydn, A Composer For Grown-ups
Page 9 from 29th May 2009On the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death Damian Thompson discusses the elusive appeal of this delightful composer T his year sees major......
Ok, So No Imperial Spectacle. But Boris Should Still...
Page 12 from 21st November 2008Boris Godunov ENO. COLISEUM Mozart symphonies an . . Clementi CONWAY HALL, LONDON M ussorgsky's Boris Godunov is one a those operas that had a......
Grace Conway Looks At The New Films
Page 8 from 1st July 195525 Breathless Minutes RIFIFI Certificate X: Curzon Director: Jules Dassin A PICTURE of Jules Dassin in Paris Match recently showed the French......
Lesser-spotted Gergiev Brings Magic To Mahler
Page 12 from 18th January 2008I t's an odd thing. Gustav Mahler could work only in complete silence. Sounds from across a lake, a local bandstand, a bird dancing on the eaves......
Gramophone
Page 10 from 14th April 1939STRAVINSKY could imitate anything H.M.V. cYMPHONY No. 5 in E minor: Tchaikovsky. The latest recording of this famous Symphony is one of the......
What Does A Dead Stage Parrot Symbolise?
Page 12 from 3rd December 2004M y charlady doesn’t “do windows” and I don’t “do musicals”. However, occasionally, a musical warrants inclusion in the repertory of grand opera,......
The Catholic Herald
Page 12 from 1st June 2007Established 1888 It is too early to write off the Benedictine Revolution First the media identified Benedict XVI as "God's Rottweiler". Then he......
Creating A Sound World With One Hand
Page 14 from 14th August 2009MUSIC REVIEW Michael White Oxford International Piano Festival HOLYWELL MUSIC ROOM, VARIOUS VENUES Westminster Abbey Organ Festival LONDON SW1......
Unchained Melody
Page 5 from 13th May 1983Sir Lennox Berkeley at 80 talks to Jonathan Petre about his faith and his long career as a composer SIR LENNOX Berkeley, at the age of SO, has at......
What The Ear Cannot See
Page 10 from 3rd December 1937Colour Controversy Ended By ERNEST MOSS Readers are probably getting tired of this music and colour business; and since although I have been......