graham.rickson

graham rickson

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

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...
Classical CDs: Christmas 2021, Part 1 Saturday, 11 December 2021 Read more...	Classical CDs: Weak heartbeats, bell foundries and French froth Saturday, 27 November 2021 Read more...
DVD/Blu-ray: Belleville Rendezvous Tuesday, 23 November 2021 Read more...	Classical CDs: Muesli, mindfulness colouring and a trip to the boulangerie Saturday, 13 November 2021 Read more...
Blu-ray: Celia Tuesday, 02 November 2021 Read more...	Classical CDs: Two bass drums, three oranges and seven symphonies Saturday, 30 October 2021 Read more...
Bernstein Double Bill, Opera North review - fractured relationships in song and dance Monday, 18 October 2021 Read more...	Classical CDs: Rediscovered orchestral jazz, natural trumpets and non-seasonal chamber music Saturday, 16 October 2021 Read more...
Blu-ray: The Lighthouse (Mayak) Tuesday, 12 October 2021 Read more...	DVD/Blu-ray: Maigret - The Complete Series Sunday, 03 October 2021 Read more...

The Proms’ Indian summer of big visiting orchestras is over – and what a parade it’s been - but renewal hit on the last Saturday before the Last...

After the March 1969 UK release of the “Return of Django” single, prospective performers of the song could buy it transcribed as sheet music. On...

Mahler’s Sixth is one of those apocalyptic megaliths that shouldn’t be approached too often by audiences or conductors. It’s been a constant in...

It’s exactly a year since Ballet Nights, the self-styled taster platform for ...

The ancient Greeks would probably have liked a lot about Charlie Covell‘s manipulation of mythic material. After all, Euripides was prepared to...

The Allergies kicked off their Freak the Speaker tour in Birmingham this week. However, the album that they were promoting was nowhere to...

One of the Finborough Theatre’s Artistic Director, Neil McPherson’s, gifts is an uncanny ability to find long-forgotten...

This album only has one serious flaw: LL COOL J didn’t open it with “OK you can call it a comeback”. Sorry, cheap joke (if you didn’t know, his...

Hot on the glittering heels of the Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko, Sir Simon Rattle brought another stellar German outfit to the...

Beth Ditto protests too much. 'Do you feel young" she hollered early on, before adding "I don't", one of several references during the gig...