graham.rickson

graham rickson

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

DVD/Download: Lies We Tell Tuesday, 10 April 2018 Read more...	Gulyak, Orchestra of Opera North, Stasevska, Leeds Town Hall – uncommonly exciting Monday, 09 April 2018 Read more...
Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Handel, Mozart Saturday, 07 April 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Lūcija Garūta, Dag Wirén, Ruby Hughes Saturday, 31 March 2018 Read more...
Classical CDs Weekly: Borup-Jørgensen, Mahler, Philippe Grisvard & Johannes Pramsohler Saturday, 24 March 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Prokofiev, Philip Sawyers, Andrew Matthews-Owen Saturday, 17 March 2018 Read more...
Classical CDs Weekly: Hindemith, Cantelli, Karajan, Peabody Cello Gang Saturday, 10 March 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Gibson, Gunge Saturday, 03 March 2018 Read more...
Blu-ray: Orchestra Rehearsal Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Tchaikovsky, Fred Hersch, Sheku Kanneh-Mason Saturday, 24 February 2018 Read more...
Classical CDs Weekly: Diethelm, Grieg, Tippett Saturday, 17 February 2018 Read more...	DVD: London Symphony Friday, 16 February 2018 Read more...
Un ballo in maschera, Opera North review - decent, no more Monday, 12 February 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Shostakovich, Christoph Prégardien, Nataša Mirkovič Saturday, 10 February 2018 Read more...
Blu-ray: Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno Thursday, 08 February 2018 Read more...	Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Sterndale Bennett, Fieri Consort Saturday, 03 February 2018 Read more...

Before Luigi Illica wrote the libretti for Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly, he had joined the composer as the...

Ambroise Thomas’s version of Hamlet is the flagship production of this year’s Buxton International Festival and was always going to be a...

The frenetic brand of humour that Tim Robinson brings to Friendship comes from a long lineage. There have...

In the eternal now of the strobe-lit sweatbox, innovation functions in a different way to the rest of culture. Yes of course, the thrill of the...

“I still can’t believe that some pseudo-critics continue to accuse me of having murdered...

Brian Clarke died on 1 July 2025, after a long illness. He was one of the most original British artists of our time – wide-ranging, ground-...

“I like guns. At school we had to fight with guns in the army cadets. I’m actually a first-class sniper. I could shoot people from half a mile...

As the name suggests, the Near Jazz Experience owe a huge musical debt to jazz, but that’s not the full story by any means. For a start, the...

Billie Eilish may be one of the biggest names in new music, but here at the O2 Arena, she’s just Billie – the one who stares deep into your soul,...