A lost paradise of purity
Terror and transcendence in the late masterpieces of Schubert
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Acts of remembrance
Commemorating those lost in the pandemic has not been possible. But we can mourn through music
Well-tempered tones
A celebration of Sufi sounds in Rajasthan offers much to treasure
Chords and discords
Musical excellence can blunt the edge of political disputes
A marriage of Brahms and Wagner
Before his journey into atonality, Schoenberg composed the surprisingly accessible "Verklärte Nacht"
A glimpse of heaven
Schumann’s setting of Faust is an aesthetic and spiritual triumph—and now with a singer to match
Describing the indescribable
Very few of our greatest writers have managed to capture the emotional essence of music
Thanks, Ma
The great cellist Yo-Yo Ma at 60 is still phenomenal
The Symphony: A Moral Vision Revealed In Music
Beethoven set the bar impossibly high but composers like myself still regard it as the ultimate challenge
Our Island’s Storytelling
How Britain discovered a lucrative new role as a global cultural powerhouse
Sentimental Nihilism And Popular Culture
Commercial art forms may yet save the Western tradition from its propensity to self-destruction
Music Of The Future Cannot Ignore The Past
Composers who try to create culture in a vacuum will struggle to be heard by a hostile public