On Music
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
Wagner, restless provocateur
Wagner’s sexual ambiguity spoke to Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley and Thomas Mann, says Norman Lebrecht
A worthy heiress to Princess Ida
Where has originality and character gone in the art of Violin playing?
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
The welcome sound of silence
For three days I listened to nothing but birdsong, marvelling at the variety and the volume
Lifetimes of self-isolation
Composing in seclusion
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
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
