Video of the Day: new work addresses the global water crisis
- Tuesday, October 27, 2020
'Reaching Water' depicts the struggle of those who have to search for it daily
'Reaching Water' depicts the struggle of those who have to search for it daily
Geraint Lewis traces the fascinating history on record of Britten’s early masterpiece and chooses his ‘must-have’ available version
Alexandre Kantorow talks to Jeremy Nicholas about the least Brahmsian of the piano sonatas
The composer’s accessible blend of post-classical and electronic styles tugs at the heartstrings, says Sarah Kirkup
The very first Butterfly, Rosina Storchio, focused on emotion and character, much like Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho herself – not least on an album inspired by the turn-of-the-century singer, finds Hugo Shirley
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
‘While Dyson is clearly at home writing light-hearted, easy-to-approach music, he certainly does not shy away from more complex musical language’
‘Part of this composer’s mastery is the structural backbone to all his music, and the architectural conceit of this piece is frankly fantastic’
Owing to its Himalayan presence, Bach’s set of 30 keyboard variations is a daunting prospect for any recording artist. Lindsay Kemp speaks to Lang Lang – whose first recording of the work has just been released – and three of his fellow pianists about interpretation and courage, and how timing is...
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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
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