classical music & opera
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From Adès, Janáček, Berg and Big Tom to bottomless teddies and human fridges – the Scottish tenor talks about his musical loves on and off the stage
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In a spectacular tribute to David Bowie, the US composer’s Heroes symphony is being performed at midnight on Saturday at Glastonbury’s Park stage. Ahead of the set, he discusses his longstanding friendship with the late musician
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The UK composer’s work premiered to acclaim and gasps of astonishment at the Proms in 2014. His ‘sound theatre’ piece, filmed by fixed cameras and headsets worn by musicians, is available to watch exclusively here, available until Monday 4 July.
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With war ravaging their homeland, the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians has been scattered across the globe. But five years since the violence erupted, the group are reuniting for a cathartic tour – and opening Glastonbury
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Minimalist music is far from a modern invention. The violinist picks her favourite works that prove that you can get something out of nothing
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Cappella Murensis/Les Cornets Noirs/Strobl
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Carolyn Sampson, Elizabeth Kenny, Jonathan Manson, Laurence Cummings
(Wigmore Hall Live)
facing the music
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The conductor and artistic director of Garsington Opera on Mozart, football and the future. Just don’t ask him to do karaoke - he’ll get cross
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From Tchaikovsky to Carlos Kleiber, and Beethoven to the Borodin Quartet - the young conductor on the music and music-makers who inspire him
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The English National Opera is ‘a trauma scene’ after a spare of resignations at the top, funding cuts and strike threats by performers. Into this lion’s den walks an American director with not much experience, but a whole lot of optimism
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Comment 'You do not need to be educated to be touched, to be moved and excited by opera'
Graham VickGraham Vick was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards. This is a transcript of his speech. -
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The director’s take on Verdi’s tragic opera has costumes by Valentino and sets by Batman’s production designer … and still it is traditional and cliched
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guides
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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 The Hogboon – lively launch for Maxwell Davies' uneven folk opera