Tag: Andrew Manze

• 28th January 2020

  Vaughan Williams 5, culture wars, and the language we use to talk about music

  The slow movement from Vaughan Williams 5 and the thoughts it provokes.

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  25th January 2020

  Beethoven 5 and 7 from Andrew Manze and the NDR Philharmonie

  Beethoven isn’t my go-to composer. Never has been. There’s nothing wrong per se about the man’s music. There is melody. There’s drama. In his symphonic works especially the textures in his orchestral writing are highly satisfying. The problem is (or maybe it’s not a problem) I admire the creative achievement in the same way I…