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Everyone worked hard to overcome adversity on the opening night of the New York Philharmonic’s month-long season
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Mar 6, 2013
Jakarta concert was dropped after extremist threats
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Mar 6, 2013
Benoît Mernier’s new work is a charming, uplifting mix of music and theatre
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Mar 6, 2013
Based on two Radiohead tracks, Steve Reich’s latest piece seems more concerned with building an atmosphere than his earlier work
Mar 6, 2013
The keyboardist was in storming form, but what really impressed were the contrasting styles of his musicians
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Mar 5, 2013
The fans offered adulation; their hubristic heartthrob gave them soulless pop, well-drilled moves and a two-hour wait
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Mar 5, 2013
Zandonai’s opera returned to the Met after an absence of nearly 30 years sounding vital and looking sentimental
Mar 5, 2013
The pianist sees a ‘limitless panorama’ in Beethoven’s middle-period sonatas – but never quite evoked them at this recital
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Mar 4, 2013
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
Word power: two festivals tackle the lives of two 20th-century Chinese writers in opera and dance
Mar 4, 2013
The casting was faultless in this semi-staged performance of Brecht and Weill’s once-notorious work
Mar 3, 2013
The first half of this concert was a fitting tribute to the late German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Mar 1, 2013
Violinist Alina Ibragimova’s performance was so intimate and involving that it was over almost as soon as it began
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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
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With guitars and amps on full blast repeating the same chord for an entire track, drone music is not for everyone
Mar 1, 2013
Elizabeth Llewellyn’s beautiful soprano voice lay dormant for a decade – then someone heard her sing
Mar 1, 2013
After a 10-year silence Bowie is back with an album that’s thick with visions of ageing, death and violence
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