Masterful playing ‘on the edge of utopia’

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John Allison is impressed by Quatuor Diotima’s deft h

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21 March, 2023

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Jazz books

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle

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Morton feldman

After the premiere of his orchestral piece Coptic Light in 1986, Morton Feldman was described by an irate American critic as ‘the most boring composer in the history of music’. Listeners coming to his

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A bold statement in the face of censorship

Yet, given the dark and often introverted nature of the concerto, it’s hardly surprising that Shostakovich kept the work under wraps for so long, feeling that programming it was inadvisable until the

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A perfect brew from suzuki and all

From espresso machine to percolator, there are many ways to make a cup of coffee, and such is the case with Bach’s cantata, too. Sporting just two soloists plus cameo narrator, tracking down a vocal d

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Bad poetry, stilted drama?

In defence of the libretto and the librettist

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15 pieces about us states

There was once a time when native New Yorkers like Aaron Copland and Ferde Grofé composed odes to the American West; when Europeans like Darius Milhaud and Frederick Delius extolled the deep South; an

A bold statement in the face of censorship

BBC Music Magazine

A perfect brew from suzuki and all

The TLS

Bad poetry, stilted drama?

In defence of the libretto and the librettist

BBC Music Magazine