On Music
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
Was Plácido a pest?
Domingo is far from the monster that America’s #MeToo movement has made of him
Who’d want to be a critic?
Criticism has died at London’s newspaper