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Myra Hess: beyond the blitz

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  • Wednesday, March 13, 2024
    • | International Piano
Bryce Morrison reassesses the legacy of Dame Myra Hess, renowned for her morale-boosting wartime concerts at the National Gallery in London, who struck some listeners more for her refinement than her temperament

Tiffany Poon: connecting with Schumann

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  • Wednesday, March 13, 2024
    • | International Piano
A live wire buzzing with excitement and ideas, Tiffany Poon talks to Jeremy Nicholas about identifying with the twin sides of Schumann’s personality, and empathising with a creative temperament that threaded two opposing alter egos through his music

Verdi: Macbeth at Mid Wales Opera | Live Review

    Review
  • Monday, March 11, 2024
    • | Opera Now
'This is an opera that stands or falls more than most on the quality of the two main principals, and in Bouton and the Welsh soprano Mari Wyn Williams who sang Lady Macbeth, MWO struck gold'

Igor Stravinsky: Top 20 Recordings

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  • Monday, March 11, 2024
    • | Gramophone
Stravinsky was one of the most important and influential of all 20th century composers. Here we list 20 of our favourite recordings of his masterpieces that all make for highly rewarding listening

Is the piano world inherently sexist?

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  • Friday, March 8, 2024
    • | International Piano
Following the Leeds International Piano Competition’s introduction of steps to remove unconscious bias from its selection process, Charlotte Gardner reflects on some of the issues