The full forces in Dublin's National Concert Hall for the Irish premiere of MacMillan's St John PassionNSO This time everything combined to convince: a more generous acoustic, professional voices as ...

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In this new album, three top-flight musicians based in Berlin, guitarist Ronny Graupe, Lucia Cadotsch (voice) and Kit Downes ...

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Arthur Bliss always summoned up for me the image of a fuddy-duddy old buffer writing boring music. But as I’ve discovered his ...

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The London Choral Sinfonia are a very impressive group, a professional choir who are churning out terrific recordings at a ...

At a time when the powers that sadly be in America are trying their damnedest to erase and rewrite history, the latest ...

The writer Amy Ng has made a sterling effort in digging up the true story behind her new play at the Kiln, Shanghai Dolls, ...

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