Guest post: Composers – but not as we know them
by Madelaine Jones Say the name Balakirev to a musician and the first word to pass their lips will most probably be Islamey, the terrifyingly difficult Oriental Fantasy that the composer is most...
View ArticleConcert review: Quartet for the End of Time at Queen Elizabeth Hall
The fascinating Rest is Noise festival at the Southbank Centre has now reached its mid-point, with the focus on music created out of oppression and war. In Friday night’s chamber concert at Queen...
View ArticleLike a Chemist from Canada: when Isaiah met DSCH
A new play by Lewis Owens In 1958, at the height of his artistic ability and reputation, the composer Dmitri Shostakovich was invited by Oxford University to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Music,...
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