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Jack White. You probably only know him as a superb songwriter and musician: drummer, guitarist, founder member of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather. And not to forget, The Upholsterers. But there is more to Jack Antony […]
The versatility of Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) knew few bounds. While he was first and foremost a towering statesman, he could have found success in any number of other disciplines. His stories about his ¨Indiana Jones-like¨ capers in the […]
Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian by birth, but the family moved to Iglau in Moravia when he was only a few months old. It was a largely German-speaking town, and Mahler never learned to speak Czech very well. For Mahler, […]
In his short life, Georges Seurat (1859 – 1891) finished approximately 45 oil canvases. Just over half of these were created during his visits to the Channel coast. Seurat’s seascapes, however, seldom receive the attention they deserve when displayed alongside […]
Light on drama and heavy on formulaic plot solutions, La Rondine sits well outside Puccini’s top-tier operas, but it proves perfectly enjoyable thanks to the strong performances of a cast led by the Albanian prima donna Ermonela Jaho, all under […]
Is the AI revolution going to have as profound an effect on society as the Industrial Revolution had on the Midlands toward the end of the 18th century? Were people at that time as aware of a changing job market […]
The exhibition Gallen-Kallela, Klimt & Vienna at The Finnish National Gallery suggests that Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s more mature mythical style was influenced by his encounters with the Viennese Secession movement. His paintings, it’s hinted, in turn made an impact on Gustav […]
The Finnish Baroque Orchestra presented Haydn’s final great masterpiece, the oratorio Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons) in Helsinki, Bern and Zürich together with the Zürcher Sing-Akadenie and three world-class soloists. Florian Helgath, widely recognised as one of the world’s leading choral […]
Richard Strauss’ Elektra is a brutal opera. The title role requires a dramatic soprano to maintain total control across her entire range, from low A to high C. While navigating the rapidly descending and ascending vocal lines, she must […]
Berliner Philharmoniker recordings · Kirill Petrenko · Arnold Schoenberg 3 CD / 1 Blu-ray Disc The Berlin Philharmoniker, under the direction of Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko, presents a box set of live recordings featuring some of Schönberg’s most ‘beloved’ works, including […]
Yam Awely 1995, Emily-Kam-Kngwarray-acrylic paint on canvas, 152 × 490 Tate Modern’s presentation of Emily Kam Kngwarray’s batiks and acrylic paintings – 29 years after her death – is the first large-scale exhibition of her work by a major European […]
Is Duke Bluebeard’s Castle a tale of external or internal events? ¨Where is the stage: within, or outside you ?¨ asks the Bard in the prologue to Bluebeard’s Castle. Iván Fischer, the founder and conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra […]