MUSIC
January/February 2012
Subsidy cuts give classical music the chance to thrive without government interference
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December 2011
The singer Barbara is little known outside France. Yet her songs yield endless riches
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November 2011
The age of megalomaniac conductors seems to be over—and about time too
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October 2011
A Cornish music seminar is a fitting monument to an irascible but inspirational violinist
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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