Benjamin Britten, Ruth Gipps ... and Jeoffry, the Poet's Cat
- Friday, October 16, 2020
Oliver Soden explores the links between a celebrated 18th century cat, and music closer to our own time
Oliver Soden explores the links between a celebrated 18th century cat, and music closer to our own time
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts Britten, Bertrand Chamayou plays lullabies, Thibaut Garcia plays Rodrigo and Jakub Józef Orliński sings Purcell
An online initiative aims to inspire a love of music through art
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‘Part of this composer’s mastery is the structural backbone to all his music, and the architectural conceit of this piece is frankly fantastic’
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Featuring outstanding new albums from the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi, Thibaut Garcia, Van Kuijk Quartet, Bertrand Chamayou, Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki, Jamie Barton, and many more
Reflecting on our Awards, and on a year like no other
Website to offer filmed performances and illustrated talks by the composer
Only the second woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court, the liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses opera, equality in music, and her eponymous album
Dancers respond to new David Chesky city-inspired ballet in series of films
Ora Singers mark Spem in Alium's 450th anniversary
First recordings of flute chamber music by Anton Franz Hoffmeister
Actor Simon Callow talks to conductor Sir Simon Rattle about The Cunning Little Vixen amid the Covid-19 lockdown, and discovers a shared sense of loss as well as a profound love of Janáček
Including Stuart Skelton as Peter Grimes, Kristian Bezuidenhout playing Beethoven concertos and Bernard Haitink's Bruckner
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