Classical Music
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
