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A familiar tune is shared among the brass band, with the euphonium and tubas leading the march. The little melody grows in stature with each repetition, stirring cracking memories. When Julian Nott wr

THE LATE-NINETIES AND EARLY NOUGHTIES WERE THE GOLDEN YEARS OF JAMES BOND VIDEOGAMES. AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL IS THE MUCH-LOVED 2002 RELEASE NIGHTFIRE. THE GAME’S CO-COMPOSER, AND LIFELONG BOND FAN, JEFF TYMOSCHUK KEENLY PAID HOMAGE TO THE SERIES’ ICONIC MUSIC WITH HIS OWN REFERENCE-LADEN SOUNDTRACK

Claire Jackson’s opinions on Brahms (Hero or Hype?; August) resonated with me. I studied his First Symphony for O-Level, and his Fourth for A-Level. Then at college, my piano teacher insisted I learn

Joseph Haydn looked every bit the European celebrity on the night of 4 May 1795. Newly opened in 1791 after a fire, the King’s Theatre glowed in the brilliant flicker of candle chandeliers. At the fro