Welcome to the unfrozen North
How Canada reinvented its musical prowess
Unleash this heavenly voice
The role of music in Jewish worship has acquired a sudden topicality with the involvement of two major record labels
Tapping into history
As soon as you enter Idagio.com you can kiss your working day goodbye
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
Play it both ways, Dmitry
This new biography has set my feet pounding, for once in admiration rather than indignation
Was Plácido a pest?
Domingo is far from the monster that America’s #MeToo movement has made of him
Death of a polymath
The great British opera director Jonathan Miller has died aged 85. Here is one of his last interviews
Who’d want to be a critic?
Criticism has died at London’s newspaper
Dishonest Abe
He is revered as the man who freed US slaves. Yet he never intended to do so and it was he who forced a war for the Union
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Is New Noma really a world beater?
A top-rated restaurants leaves a nasty taste
The International Criminal Court is a mess
If the ICC had brought more warlords to justice, it might have earned our respect
The gender discount
Women may now account for 64 per cent of fine arts graduates in Britain but research shows the old values remain entrenched, says Michael Prodger
Lost elysium of the Cambridge Backs
One of Britain’s most celebrated views will soon be dramatically changed