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However highbrow we think we are, we’ve all been guilty of it – that is, sitting in a concert or opera and waiting impatiently for ‘the famous bit’. In some instances, that well-known moment may be ju

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On one level he seems so direct, so simple, so uncomplicatedly appealing. Schubert could turn on heart-lifting melody with the same ease that most of us would turn on a tap. Often he seems happy just

The memoirs of a high- and lowbrow émigré composer

PETROC TRELAWNY records how trains and the railway have inspired classical works through the years

Jonathan Gaisman is a KC and a writer on cultural topics