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Mahler In Autumnal Spoleto
Douglas Cooksey travels to Spoleto to discover a Mahler connection, a noteworthy new orchestra and a miniature La Scala… Best known musically for its time-honoured Summer Festival, the Umbrian ‘hill...
Feature Review – Encounters: The Early Music Weekend
Edward Lewis encounters more than he bargained for at the Southbank Centre's Early Music Weekend for 2007... Introductory Talk Tess Knighton (Friday 14 September 2007, 6.45 p.m.) Fallen: A Fantasy...
Feature Preview – Luigi Nono: Fragments of Venice
Southbank Centre and Royal Academy of Music to host the first major Nono retrospective in the UK Although widely regarded as one of the leading composers of the post-war era,...
Feature Obituary – Tikhon Khrennikov
On 14 August 2007 the 94-year-old Stalinist overlord of Russian musical life died. His name was Tikhon Khrennikov, and the position he held was First Secretary of the Union of...
The Lord of The Ring: Keith Warner on Wagner
Now returning to direct the Ring Cycle at Covent Garden, Keith Warner talks to Mansel Stimpson about a work and a composer dear to his heart… Consisting as it does...
Feature Preview – Sibelius & Beyond
The Launch Concert Songs by Sibelius, Grieg, Beethoven, Oskar Merikanto, Aarre Merikanto and Finnish folk-songs arranged by Ralph Gothóni Mari Palo (soprano), Jussi Myllys (tenor) & Tuula Hällström (piano) Wednesday...
Feature Review: Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition 2007
Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition 2007 Finalists: Robin Tritschler (tenor) & François Salignat (piano) Katherine Broderick (soprano) & Jonathan Beatty (piano) Ben Johnson (tenor) & James Southall (piano) Martha...
A Very Blessed Spirit: Robert Carsen on Gluck
The Canadian director talks to Mansel Stimpson about his production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, which opens the new season at Covent Garden… Many people hold to the view that...
After The Epiphany: Robert Carsen On His Career
The Canadian stage director preparing for his Covent Garden debut talks to Mansel Stimpson… To achieve success in life a bold decision is sometimes called for, and that’s how it...
Feature Review – Malar International Music Festival 2007
Malar International Music Festival Västerås, Sweden Thursday 16 – Sunday 19 August 2007 Those of you with long memories will recall that I wrote an extensive article last year about...
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