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The orchestra that makes pros go weak at the knees

The orchestra that makes pros go weak at the knees
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Was Elgar really a snob?

Was Elgar really a snob?
13.11.2025 7

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In defence of Katie Mitchell

In defence of Katie Mitchell
13.11.2025 9

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The Listener / Violin concertos from two Broadway legends

12.11.2025 10

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Violin concertos from two Broadway legends

06.11.2025 8

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Opera / A cracking little 1967 opera that we ought to see more often

Opera /					 													 						A cracking little 1967 opera that we ought to see more often
04.11.2025 10

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A cracking little 1967 opera that we ought to see more often

30.10.2025 30

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A Magic Flute that will make you weep

23.10.2025 6

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This museum is a lesson for all curators

09.10.2025 4

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Pure feelgood: ENO’s Cinderella reviewed

02.10.2025 10

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Northern Ireland Opera have a hit: Follies reviewed

25.09.2025 3

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Anna Netrebko’s still got it

18.09.2025 10

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The listener / Why are there so few decent French symphonies?

17.09.2025 8

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The listener / Why are there so few decent French symphonies?

15.09.2025 10

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The listener / Why are there so few decent French symphonies?

15.09.2025 2

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Arts / The man who can save classical music

04.09.2025 5

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Huge Fun: Le Carnaval de Venise reviewed

04.09.2025 10

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The man who can save classical music

04.09.2025 6

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A revelation: Delius’s Mass of Life at the Proms reviewed

28.08.2025 8

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A Brigadoon better than most of us ever hoped to see

21.08.2025 9

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Arts feature / How the railways shaped modern culture

18.08.2025 10

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How the railways shaped modern culture

14.08.2025 10

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Disconcerting but often delightful new Bach transcriptions

14.08.2025 10

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The excruciating tedium of John Tavener

07.08.2025 9

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Three cheers for the Three Choirs Festival

31.07.2025 3

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Classical music / Why has the world turned on the Waltz King?

29.07.2025 10

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Brilliant rewrite of Shakey: Hamlet, at Buxton Opera House, reviewed

24.07.2025 10

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Why has the world turned on the Waltz King?

24.07.2025 5

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A cross between Peter Rabbit and Queen Victoria: Bliss: The Composer Conducts reviewed

17.07.2025 5

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Opera / A contradictory staging, but the music floods the ear with splendour: Semele at the Royal opera reviewed

14.07.2025 9

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A contradictory staging, but the music floods the ear with splendour: Semele at the Royal opera reviewed

10.07.2025 5

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I’ve rarely seen a happier audience: Grange Festival’s Die Fledermaus reviewed

26.06.2025 5

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The Listener / If you think all orchestras sound alike, listen to this recording

23.06.2025 10

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If you think all orchestras sound alike, listen to this recording

19.06.2025 10

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Summer opera festivals have gone Wagner mad

12.06.2025 9

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Thrilling: Garsington’s Queen of Spades reviewed

05.06.2025 5

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Sincere, serious and beautiful: Glyndebourne’s Parsifal reviewed

29.05.2025 10

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The forgotten story of British opera

22.05.2025 10

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Opera / The forgotten story of British opera

22.05.2025 10

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A spate of re-releases suggests that Wolfgang Sawallisch was no B-lister

22.05.2025 9

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Our half-time scorecard on the Royal Opera’s Ring cycle

15.05.2025 6

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Inspired: Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow reviewed

08.05.2025 8

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Imagine Dua Lipa releasing an album of Victorian parlour ballads

01.05.2025 3

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Poulenc’s Stabat Mater – sacred, fervent and always on the verge of breaking into giggles

24.04.2025 6

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Devastating: WNO’s Peter Grimes reviewed

17.04.2025 8

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Sunny Schubert and iridescent Ravel: album of the week

10.04.2025 10

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Splendid revival of an unsurpassed production: Royal Opera’s Turandot reviewed

27.03.2025 7

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Barbara Hannigan needs to stop conducting while singing

20.03.2025 10

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The Listener / A luminous new recording of The Dream of Gerontius

18.03.2025 10

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A luminous new recording of The Dream of Gerontius

13.03.2025 10

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