classical music & opera
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'David Bowie filled my time as I wasted my time'
Stephen HoughI didn’t do drugs or sex, but rock ‘n’ roll was my life for a few years. My drug was the psychedelic world of stars such as Bowie -
From Tony Bennett to Bernstein, and the Beach Boys to Bax, soprano Felicity Lott shares her musical passions on and off the stage
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Days of looking at crossed-out dates on original manuscripts with magnifying glass reveals different dates on five works from composer’s early period
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Preserving the power of Debussy’s symbolist masterpiece with wonderful subtlety, Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars go headstrong into a bright future with the London Symphony Orchestra
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The French composer and conductor changed the course of 20th-century music. He was also polite, gentle and very funny
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Audacious and utterly convincing, the brass players of Septura work wonders with this unlikely all-Russian set
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Ben Johnson and James Baillieu capture the halcyon mood perfectly
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Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall take on the elements with gusto
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Feola displays her easy virtuosity in this rewarding programme of little-known Italian songs
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Chorus contract renegotiations and limited productions are not doomsday scenario, says management, but a way to help company remodel and grow
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Letters: To save Antonio Pappano any embarrassment, I must make it clear that it was me, not him, who organised the letter which he, along with others, kindly agreed to sign
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you may have missed
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6 July 1926: The Guardian’s Eric Blom reviews the first London performance of Erik Satie’s Jack in the Box, one year after the composer’s death
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The Peruvian tenor on rocking out in the recording studio, how he’d change the format of the classical concert and which pop star he’d like to work with
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The Beatles’ Revolution 9 brought experimental music to a global audience, but their radio soundworld wouldn’t have been possible without Stockhausen’s ‘music of the whole world’
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The best of this year’s releases, from Simon Rattle conducting Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto to Steve Reich’s minimal masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians
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Tom Service's survey of the 50 symphonies that changed classical music
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Tom Service introduces 50 composers from the contemporary classical music scene
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Review Tosca, Royal Opera House, London