Graham Rickson
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- Bio
- Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds. He works in primary schools as a languages and music specialist.
Articles by Graham Rickson
Classical CDs Weekly: Schumann, Sibelius, Maria Schneider
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Schumann and his Daughters Florian Uhlig (piano) (Hänssler Classic) Read more... |
Albert Herring, Opera North
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Staging Britten’s third opera in the round in a small performance space of the Howard Assembly Room makes complete sense. Albert Herring’s supporting cast of village grotesques are that little bit... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly, Grainger, Mahler, Piazzolla
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Grainger: Works for Large Chorus and Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Scodanibbio, Shostakovich, Nigel Kennedy
Saturday, 04 May 2013
Stefano Scodanibbio: Reinventions for string quartet Quartetto Prometeo (ECM) Read more... |
Billy Liar at 50
Friday, 03 May 2013
John Schlesinger’s 1963 film of Keith Waterhouse’s novel is 50 years old. It’s just been reissued in a pristine print by Studio Canal, and looks stunning in its new incarnation. What began as a... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Britten, Haydn, Mozart
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Britten: Les Illuminations, Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Serenade Barbara Hannigan (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Jasper de Waal (horn), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (Channel... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Berlioz, Mythos Accordion Duo
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (SDG) Read more... |
DVD: You're Human Like the Rest of Them - The films of B S Johnson
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The author B S Johnson would have been 80 this year. An accessible "experimental" writer, cheekily described by the author Jonathan Coe as “Britain’s one-man literary avant-garde of the 1960s”, he’s... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Rachmaninov, Strauss, Sir John Barbirolli
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody Valentina Lisitsa, London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Francis (Decca) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Goossens, Mackintosh, Stravinsky
Saturday, 06 April 2013
Goossens: Orchestral works vol.2 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis (Chandos) Read more... |
The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Opera North, Touring
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Perhaps the real heroes of David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell’s new, family-friendly opera are the overhead projectors wielded by puppeteers Steve Tiplady and Sally Todd. They’re put into action as soon as... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Britten, Billy Mayerl, Prokofiev
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Britten: Billy Budd John Mark Ainsley, Jacques Imbraillo, Matthew Rose, Philip Ens, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder (Glyndebourne) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Cage, Carter, Elgar
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Beethoven: Symphonies 4 and 7 Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Joshua Bell (Sony) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Mahler, Mozart, Vaughan Williams
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Mahler: Symphony no 9 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Gustavo Dudamel (DG) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Turina, Eleni Karaindrou
Saturday, 09 March 2013
Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Retrospect Ensemble/Matthew Halls (harpsichord and director) (Linn) Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Britten, Scarlatti, Pink Floyd
Saturday, 02 March 2013
Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata and Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Hyperion) Read more... |
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