fri 03/05/2024

Expressionism

Wang, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dausgaard, Barbican Hall

Orchestral volcanoes were erupting all over Europe around the year 1915. It was courageous enough to make a mountain chain out of three of them in a single concert. I was less prepared for the white-heat focus applied by that stalwart Dane Thomas...

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Yuletide Scenes 3: Snow Falling in the Lane

Christmas might not seem the most appropriate time to ask you, dear reader, if you’ve ever suffered a nervous breakdown. Yet for many this festival of conviviality amid the darkest hours of the year exacerbates a sense of loneliness and desperation...

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