The Critics
Long players
As long as the fans are alive, it seems that a band can keep going
Star power in a parallel universe
West End openings of Constellations and Cinderella offer stage-starved audiences some magic
9/11 confidential
This 9/11 documentary gained extraordinary access to the key decision makers, deploying the material with skill and confidence
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
The myriad Mona Lisas
How the multiple Mona Lisa copies, and their prices, testify to the longstanding fame of the painting and its mystique
Parky’s great river of song
Michael Henderson on the old-fashioned music that the BBC doesn’t want us to hear any longer
The G&S divide
A large proportion of the English drive themselves mad with a baroque cocktail of fury, snobbery and self-hatred over Gilbert and Sullivan
Beware of Basil
These enlightened times now ensure Jenny also runs off with the male parts!
Russell Beale on song as Bach
How the paternal gorgon finally attracts our empathy, waging a last intellectual battle
Savour the silence
The first duty of a conductor is to imagine a world without noise