An orchestra in hell

4 min read

How was it possible to play for people on their way to the gas chambers?

This article is from...

The TLS Magazine

28 March 2025

The Critic

Keyboard warrior

The Critic Books

BBC Music Magazine

The magnificent seven pick a theme… and name your seven favourite examples

German conductor Anja Bihlmaier studied at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and later at the Mozarteum Salzburg, before holding posts at Staatsoper Hannover and Staatstheater Kassel. Since then, she

BBC Music Magazine

A thought-provoking set from hannah kendall

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

The Week UK

“are the bricks evil?”: the fairy-tale village built for the ss

An idyllic neighbourhood on the edge of Berlin was once home to elite Nazis who carried out some of the worst crimes of the era. Eighty years on, the families that live there are still grappling with its tangled legacy. Sally McGrane reports

The Critic

Will anyone follow the lieder?

● ONE MORNING IN 2007 I KNOCKED at ...

BBC Music Magazine

Tchaikovsky 6 with passion and power

Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’; Souvenir de Florence Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Domingo Hindoyan Onyx ONYX4259 81:54 mins In 1890, Tchaikovsky returned home from a spell in Italy with the ske

The Critic

Keyboard warrior

The Critic Books

BBC Music Magazine

The magnificent seven pick a theme… and name your seven favourite examples

BBC Music Magazine

A thought-provoking set from hannah kendall

The Week UK

“are the bricks evil?”: the fairy-tale village built for the ss

The Critic

Will anyone follow the lieder?

● ONE MORNING IN 2007 I KNOCKED at ...