Orchestra
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Finnish on a high note
Now, how the Helsinki has this happened?
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
We are indebted to Otto Klemperer
On the extraordinary talent of a troubled composer
The vast plight of the Proms
The end of BBC Four is a death sentence for BBC Orchestras and the Proms alike
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
Passing on the batons
The future of conducting is looking bright — everywhere except in Russia and America
Savour the silence
The first duty of a conductor is to imagine a world without noise
And the band played on…
The appointment of a chief conductor little affects the general performance of an orchestra
High notes go wrong
Flying is a macho thing for musicians. It shows they are in demand and living the good life
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
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
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
