graham.rickson

graham rickson

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

Classical CDs: Double reeds, double pianos and double string orchestras Saturday, 14 May 2022 Read more...	Classical CDs: Toyshops, begging gods and a good year for Austrian music Friday, 29 April 2022 Read more...
Classical CDs: Bounce, bluster and Blätter Saturday, 16 April 2022 Read more...	Blu-ray: Shoot the Messenger Tuesday, 05 April 2022 Read more...
Classical CDs: Escalators, dead leaves and a sixth-century bard Saturday, 02 April 2022 Read more...	Blu-ray: The Gentle Gunman Tuesday, 29 March 2022 Read more...
Classical CDs: Typewriters, cityscapes and sonic resources Saturday, 19 March 2022 Read more...	Blu-ray: The Devil's Trap Tuesday, 15 March 2022 Read more...
Classical CDs: Sonnets, wolves and creation myths Saturday, 05 March 2022 Read more...	Classical CDs: Pealing bells, abandoned ballrooms and abrasive brass Saturday, 19 February 2022 Read more...
Alcina, Opera North review - flat update redeemed by excellent vocal performances Monday, 07 February 2022 Read more...	Classical CDs: Two clarinets and stereo snare drums Saturday, 29 January 2022 Read more...
Classical CDs: Violins, timpani thwacks and a symphony of iron and steel Saturday, 15 January 2022 Read more...	Best of 2021: Classical CDs Friday, 24 December 2021 Read more...
Classical CDs: Christmas 2021, Part 2 Sunday, 19 December 2021 Read more...	Blu-ray: Bleak Moments Sunday, 12 December 2021 Read more...

Only 36 years later, Tom Cruise is back with his eagerly-awaited Top Gun sequel (it was delayed a couple of years by Covid), and there...

The young Indian man stepping towards us on the vast Olivier stage is unremarkable enough, slight and boyish in manner. When he speaks he is...

I have to confess, it’s a long time since I’ve thought about the Nitty Gritty Dirty Band and a new album serves as a reminder of how good they...

One effect of the film I Get Knocked Down, a playfully constructed journey around the life of Chumbawamba vocalist Dunstan Bruce, is to...

I came for the Schubert and it didn’t disappoint. Which was good, as the Mozart and Stravinsky did, a little. I came to know Schubert’s Fifth...

The Innocents made a splash at Cannes in 2021 and it’s easy to see why. The ...

The first film rendering of Christopher Isherwood’s experiences in early 1930s Berlin, I Am a Camera has been restored and released on...

Anne-Marie Duff blazes across the stage like a meteorite in Beth Steel’s excoriating drama about the changes sweeping through a Northern mining...

Barry Gibb was at the considerable peak of his era-defining songwriting powers when he provided the song that played over the opening titles of...

Toronto’s Tallies have acknowledged their fondness for Aztec...