Academy of Ancient Music’s part-historiographical study, pinned to musical exploration, exposed the nearly always-overlooked route to JS Bach’s appointment as…

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Academy of Ancient Music’s part-historiographical study, pinned to musical exploration, exposed the nearly always-overlooked route to JS Bach’s appointment as…
NYO’s Spring Concert at the Festival Hall celebrated what this orchestra has become. The question now is what Principal Conductor…
Key Changes confounds expectations — which, given what Radio 3 needs right now, is exactly what it needed to make….
Thoroughly Good announces a major new partnership, a new print title, and a subscription offer designed to bring classical music…
A South London orchestra founded by conductor Chloé Van Soeterstède has announced the appointment of Marin Alsop as its Honorary…
Strong voices and competent performances carried a production that appeared not to question the tradition it so readily relied upon….
A hurried event in which the vocalist led proceedings, the orchestra responded, and director followed with one too many theatrical…
Equilbey’s first public encounter with Bach was brought to life with care and precision….
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards were a stylish affair full of wit, polish and verve. Classical music as self-assured and…
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A recent wide ranging online article about classical music’s digital content ‘turn’ stops short of the detail that actually matters…
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards were a stylish affair full of wit, polish and verve. Classical music as self-assured and…
If ballet and opera really are in trouble like Chalamet’s ill-thought out throwaway comment might suggest, then it’s going to…
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Monday can wait. New Year needs to be gently ushered in by stylish people in stylish surroundings….
After a day immersed in figures and forecasts, stepping into Wigmore Hall feels like surfacing for air. Here, the discipline…
A trip to Venice to review a festival. Yet, somewhere between the wrong boat, the gondoliers and a memory from…
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Monday can wait. New Year needs to be gently ushered in by stylish people in stylish surroundings….
Brand tie-ins at the Proms can be clumsy, but The Traitors Prom proved how a crossover event can work. Packed…
A firm Thoroughly Good favourite. Definitely a three series box set to binge. Full of grand performances….
A stylish, pacey whodunnit from Anthony Horowitz. Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue balances peril and polish with a touch…
A fast, hard-hitting novel where emotion lands late and quietly, turning detachment into its own kind of intimacy….
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