(LPO)
Recorded live at the BBC Proms, Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s propulsive performance, with soloists Allan Clayton, Jamie Barton and James Platt, is one to cherish
The Dre…
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From fiasco to feted: the story of the Dream of Gerontius, the revolutionary music of The Choral ⊖⊖
The Choral depicts an amateur choral society in wartime Yorkshire taking on Elgar’s trailblazing and controversial work. But how much does Alan Bennett’s fiction reflect actual fact?
Nicholas Hytner’s…
The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes leads the choir in impressively unsentimental Alan Bennett fable ⊕⊕
Genteel manners of first world war story about repressed passion delivered with surprising sexual candour
Alan Bennett’s new film, directed by Nicholas Hytner, is a quiet and consistent pleasure: an u…
‘I’ve played a lot of sneery bastards’: Roger Allam on bad singing, big paydays and Elgar’s level of ‘gitacity’ ⊖⊖
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He launched a thousand memes as the beleaguered Tory MP in The Thick of It, and starred in the original production of Les Misérables. Now the actor is making not-so-sweet music in the Alan Bennett-sc…
Keir Starmer shares post-punk passion and revisits musical past ⊕⊕
Prime minister praises Scottish band Orange Juice and shares details about his family life in Radio 3 interview
Keir Starmer has said he is a fan of the Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice and northe…
6 months ago
Christian Tetzlaff: Elgar and Adès Violin Concertos album review – refreshing and exhilarating ⊕⊕
Tetzlaff/BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds
(Ondine)
The violinist’s performance of these two concertos is energetic but also thoughtful, with the BBC Phil sounding electric
Not everyone who loves Elgar’s Violi…
Elgar on a ghetto blaster. A sea of flags and tributes to Charlie Kirk. VERY rude chants about Keir. Then the bottles and fists began to fly... IAN GALLAGHER attends the 110,000-strong 'Unite the Kingdom' march in London ○
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Hard-Right activist Tommy Robinson and his supporters are definitely not everyone's cup of tea but it was they who gave the most vivid expression yet to the despair felt by many over migration.
7 months ago
The Kanneh-Masons: River of Music album review – a fond familial affair ○
(Decca)
Welsh folk songs and an original composition join Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet
The second recordi…
8 months ago
The Benson Diary by AC Benson review – musings of an Edwardian elitist ○
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At four million words he beats Pepys, but the daily jottings of a judgmental don fail to transcend his rather stuffy millieu
AC Benson is remembered today, if at all, for having edited three volumes o…
13 months ago
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius album review – thoughtful and acutely sensitive to tiniest nuances ○
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Findon/Rice/Williams/Finnish RSO/Collon
(Ondine)
This is a very distinguished addition to the pantheon of Gerontius recordings, and Christine Rice is as good an Angel as any on disc since Janet Baker
Th…