stephen walsh
Bio
Stephen is a former Observer music critic and a regular contributor to The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent and the BBC. He is the author of a major biography of Stravinsky and other books on Stravinsky, Bartók and Schumann. He holds a chair in music at Cardiff University.
Articles By Stephen Walsh
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Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, The Other Palace review -...
A onetime Martha and Maggie the Cat in the theatre,...
The Split, BBC One, review - Abi Morgan’s densely packed div...
A few years ago Abi Morgan was everywhere. For the cinema she scripted Shame, The Iron Lady, The Invisible Woman and...
Westworld, Series 2, Sky Atlantic review - big trouble in sy...
Some critics complain that Westworld is too complicated for its own good, and you can see their point. Even on a basic level, it’s an...
Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss, Islington Green review -...
What a superb location for a performance!...
Flo and Joan, Soho Theatre review - sisters in satirical har...
Flo and Joan are sisters (Nicola and Rosie Dempsey: they have borrowed their stage names from their nan and her sister) and you may have...
DVD/Blu-ray: The Touch
The touch is not always light here. Swathes of clunking, cliché-ridden English dialogue threaten to make the star-crossed...
The Deminer review - life on the edge in Iraq
Major Fakhir is a deminer, responsible for disarming...
LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - incandescent swansongs by Mah...
Why would any conductor resist Mahler's last great symphonic...
The Woman in White, BBC One review - camp Victoriana
The BBC excels at a very particular kind of drama,...
Ed Byrne, Touring review - the perils of modern fatherhood
Ed Byrne is a worried parent. Thankfully his two young sons are hale and hearty, but he is concerned he may be...