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graham rickson

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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.

Articles By Graham Rickson

Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Bright, Dvořák, Gipps, Rota

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Classical CDs Weekly: Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Purcell, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

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Classical CDs Weekly: Eleanor Alberga, Parry, Blondel

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The Greek Passion, Opera North - pertinence and power

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Classical CDs Weekly: Haydn, Korngold, Philippe Manoury

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Classical CDs Weekly: Albert Roussel, Roy Budd, Propellor

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DVD/Blu-ray: A Kid for Two Farthings

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Blu-ray: The Ear

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Classical CDs Weekly: Saint-Saëns, Yolanda Kondonassis, Konstantin Reinfeld & Benyamin Nuss

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Christophersen, Mr McFall's Chamber

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Classical CDs Weekly: Gounod, James MacMillan, Johannes Pramsohler

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bartók, Howells, Third Coast Percussion

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Classical CDs Weekly: Isabelle Aboulker, Swan Hennessy, Schubert

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Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Sibelius, Thomas Wilson

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Classical CDs Weekly: Stewart Goodyear, Nielsen, Weinberg

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Classical CDs Weekly: Jupiter String Quartet, Bruce Levingston, Paul McCreesh

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Music Reissues Weekly: West Coast Consortium - All The Love...

West Coast Consortium’s first single was July 1967’s “Some Other Someday,” a delightful slice of Mellotron-infused harmony pop which wasn’t too...

Remembering conductor Andrew Davis (1944-2024)

As a human being of immense warmth, humour and erudition, Andrew Davis made it all too easy to forget what towering, incandescent performances he...

Brancusi, Pompidou Centre, Paris review - founding father of...

120 sculptures, and so much more: the current Brancusi blockbuster at the Centre Pompidou, the first large Paris show of the Romanian-born...

CVC, Concorde 2, Brighton review - they have the songs and t...

The joy of CVC, when they catch fire, is the zing of gatecrashing a gang of cheeky, very individual personalities having their own private party....

Hallé, Wong, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - meeting a...

Kahchun Wong, the Hallé’s principal conductor from the coming autumn season, presided in the Bridgewater Hall for the first time yesterday since...

Extract: Pariah Genius by Iain Sinclair

Iain Sinclair is a writer, film-maker, and psychogeographer extraordinaire. He began his career in the poetic avant-garde of the Sixties and...

Nezouh review - seeking magic in a war

The 21st century learnt afresh about the reality of carpet-bombed cities thanks to the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011. And the...

Album: Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism

This album has a lot to live up to. Its predecessor Future Nostalgia came along just as the Covid crisis was properly kicking...

Laughing Boy, Jermyn Street Theatre review - impassioned agi...

On the morning of the press show of Laughing Boy, the BBC news website’s top story was about the abuse of children with learning...

Guildhall School Gold Medal 2024, Barbican review - quirky-w...

While the Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra were performing Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie – weirdly, despite its size...