Music + Live music reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Stapleton/Amidon/Aurora Orchestra/Muhly review – grisly murder ballads beautifully played
4 out of 5 stars.New York-based composer Nico Muhly teamed up with the Aurora Orchestra and folk singers Robyn Stapleton and Sam Amidon to explore songs from Scotland and the US -
4 out of 5 stars.Bohuslav Martinů’s 1928 work is a strip-lighted nightmare whirlwind, while Harbison’s is highly stylised post-tonal sitcom unfolding around a four-poster bed
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5 out of 5 stars.The indie artist deploys her songs like controlled explosions as she turns the stage into a cabaret, a circus, a cage
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4 out of 5 stars.
Götterdämmerung review – Jurowski’s six-year completion of Wagner’s Ring cycle was well worth the wait
4 out of 5 stars.Jurowski’s attention to detail across four-and-a-half hours brought the darkness of Wagner’s score thrillingly to life
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Tenacious D review – Jack Black’s daft duo are deeply schooled in rock
4 out of 5 stars.