Bernard herrmann

ALFRED HITCHCOCK was already a director on the rise when he found himself reading Scottish author John Buchan’s 1915 spy novel “The 39 Steps”. Thrillers such as “The Man Who Knew Too Much” and “Waltze

THE PICK OF THIS WEEK’S RADIO

● ONE MORNING IN 2007 I KNOCKED at ...

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd

shouting forever into the receiver Anne Denholm (harp), Louise McMonagle (cello), Jonathan Morton (violin) et al NMC NMC D285 61:56 mins Tackling social themes and reckoning with history is part of wh

Poetry that blends music, mortality and fame