Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber works (BIS)
The British composer — still writing at 87 years of age — is an acquired taste
Beethoven, Birtwistle: A bag of bagatelles (Wergo)
Those who listen to music with an open mind are going to have a ball with this
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We are making young adults un-ready for work
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Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war