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Mar 6, 2013
Insurers sued over cancelled Lady Gaga show
Jakarta concert was dropped after extremist threats
©De Munt/La Monnaie
Mar 6, 2013
La Dispute, La Monnaie, Brussels
Benoît Mernier’s new work is a charming, uplifting mix of music and theatre
©Kevin Leighton
Mar 6, 2013
Radio Rewrite, Royal Festival Hall, London
Based on two Radiohead tracks, Steve Reich’s latest piece seems more concerned with building an atmosphere than his earlier work
Mar 6, 2013
Chick Corea & The Vigil, Ronnie Scott’s, London
The keyboardist was in storming form, but what really impressed were the contrasting styles of his musicians
©Reuters
Mar 5, 2013
Justin Bieber, O2 Arena, London
The fans offered adulation; their hubristic heartthrob gave them soulless pop, well-drilled moves and a two-hour wait
©Marty Sohl
Mar 5, 2013
Francesca da Rimini, Metropolitan Opera, New York
Zandonai’s opera returned to the Met after an absence of nearly 30 years sounding vital and looking sentimental
Mar 5, 2013
András Schiff, Wigmore Hall, London
The pianist sees a ‘limitless panorama’ in Beethoven’s middle-period sonatas – but never quite evoked them at this recital
©Julia Edwards
Mar 4, 2013
Liza Minnelli, Royal Festival Hall, London
The Hollywood diva was visibly frail at times – but gave her all to the cabaret songs in this Rest is Noise programme
Mar 4, 2013
Fall for Eileen Chang, Taiwan/Heart of Coral, Hong Kong
Word power: two festivals tackle the lives of two 20th-century Chinese writers in opera and dance
Mar 4, 2013
The Threepenny Opera, Royal Festival Hall, London
The casting was faultless in this semi-staged performance of Brecht and Weill’s once-notorious work
Mar 3, 2013
Philharmonia/ Nelsons, Royal Festival Hall, London
The first half of this concert was a fitting tribute to the late German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Mar 1, 2013
Britten Sinfonia, Barbican, London
Violinist Alina Ibragimova’s performance was so intimate and involving that it was over almost as soon as it began
Mar 1, 2013
D-day for downloads
Ten years after iTunes opened for business, technology has reanimated the back catalogues of old rockers. So why are they unhappy about selling more records? By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney
Mar 1, 2013
Attack of the drones
With guitars and amps on full blast repeating the same chord for an entire track, drone music is not for everyone
Mar 1, 2013
A grown-up talent
Elizabeth Llewellyn’s beautiful soprano voice lay dormant for a decade – then someone heard her sing
Mar 1, 2013
Review: David Bowie, The Next Day, Iso/RCA
After a 10-year silence Bowie is back with an album that’s thick with visions of ageing, death and violence
Feb 27, 2013
Richard Thompson Trio, Barbican, London
Thompson mixes timeless rural tragedies with electrifying guitar meditations, but this concert was more Hendrix than Hardy
Feb 27, 2013
Repeating Patterns, Purcell Room, London
Minimalism: how it all began . . . how it all began . . . how it all began . . . how it all began . . . how it all began . . .
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