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©Chris Christodoulou
Mar 12, 2013
Imeneo, Royal College of Music, London
The opening work in the London Handel Festival offers a succession of skilfully turned, mostly decorative arias
Mar 12, 2013
Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Village Underground, London
The pianist and drummer created a series of unfolding, rhythmically compelling vignettes
Mar 12, 2013
Total Immersion: New from the North, Barbican, London
With UK premieres from Lindberg, Norgard and others, this BBC Symphony Orchestra event demonstrated the hard-to-classify diversity of Nordic music
©Alastair Muir
Mar 11, 2013
Written on Skin, Royal Opera House, London
Conducted by the composer himself, this is a triumphant work that carves out a unique place in modern opera
Mar 11, 2013
Sigur Rós, Brixton Academy, London
There were signs here that the Icelandic band are beginning to negotiate their aesthetic impasse
©AFP
From
WORLD
Mar 10, 2013
Vienna orchestra details Nazi-era past
Philharmonic to publish historical research on its website
Mar 10, 2013
Philharmonia/Salonen, Royal Festival Hall, London
In the hands of Truls Mork, Lutoslawski’s Cello Concerto became a powerful, defiant opera without words
©Rick Pushinsky
Mar 8, 2013
Grandmother’s footsteps
‘Unclassifiable’ composer Seaming To talks about her new song-cycle and three generations of musical inspiration
Mar 8, 2013
Mitsuko Uchida, Royal Festival Hall, London
A lonely champion of Schoenberg’s work draws a full house for a collection of musical ‘problem children’
From
THEATRE & DANCE
Mar 8, 2013
Made of the Rite stuff
Dame Marie Rambert, a founding figure of British Ballet, witnessed the 20th century’s most celebrated theatrical brawl
Mar 8, 2013
Wilko Johnson, Koko, London
Forget burning out and not fading away, the Dr Feelgood guitarist’s farewell tour is the real rock-and-roll way to go
Lunch with the FT
Mar 8, 2013
Lucian Grainge
With the £1.2bn takeover of EMI, a 52-year-old Londoner has emerged as ‘the music industry’s most powerful man’
Mar 7, 2013
The Bach Variations, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Everyone worked hard to overcome adversity on the opening night of the New York Philharmonic’s month-long season
From
COMPANIES
Mar 6, 2013
Insurers sued over cancelled Lady Gaga show
Jakarta concert was dropped after extremist threats
Mar 6, 2013
La Dispute, La Monnaie, Brussels
Benoît Mernier’s new work is a charming, uplifting mix of music and theatre
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
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
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