David Benedict
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Hewitt, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Bard, Bridgewater Hall, Man...
The Basel Chamber Orchestra’s 21 string players on tour are an extraordinary set of musicians. Not only did they begin their programme in...
'The people behind the postcards': an interview wi...
Priya Hein’s debut novel, Riambel, is an excoriating examination of Mauritius’ socio-political structures and the colonial past from...
Blu-ray: Targets
Targets (1968), Peter Bogdanovich’s first feature is generally regarded as a great film. And yet, it came out of a mixture of...
Boiling Point, BBC One review - chef drama that's simme...
The problem facing any chef series is that its...
Faust, Irish National Opera review - world-class singing tur...
Is Gounod’s Faust really a “complex and multi-layered work”, as director Jack Furness claims? Goethe’s original and Berlioz’s ...
Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas, Tate Britain review - overcrowding m...
I think of Sarah Lucas as the bad girl of British art, the one who uses her wicked sense of humour to point to rampant misogyny and call out the...
Connolly, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Man...
The opening concert of a new season often tends to be a statement of intent, and this was John Storgårds’ opener of the first full season since he...
Album: Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
Sufjan Stevens, so we’ve heard, has just been struck down with a rare and immobilising disease – the Guillain-Barré syndrome. With characteristic...
I Fagiolini, Hollingworth, Kings Place review - magnificent...
It was great to see Kings Place full on Saturday night for I Fagiolini’s take on the Monteverdi Vespers, added, rock’n’roll style, as an...
PJ Harvey, Roundhouse, London review - incandescent perfecti...
London’s Roundhouse is a very special venue. For decades the circular shed, with its elegant ironwork supporting structures has hosted a wonderful...