Victorin de Joncie`res (1839-1903) Symphonie Romantique (1873) "The history of the symphony in France is quickly told, for there are...

Robert Radecke (1839-1911) Symphony in F Major, Op.50 (1877) What little I have been able to glean about the life of the German/Silesian...

Karoly (Karl) Goldmark (1830 - 1915) Symphony no.1 ("Rustic Wedding") Op. 26 (1875) This week, something wonderful. Of all the...

I have work to do. As anyone following this blog - and, amazingly, there do still appear to be people following it - will realise, I have...

PART I PARADOS In 2013, the 79 year-old Harrison Birtwistle gave a brief introductory interview before the British premiere of The Moth...

On one occasion, over a quarter of a century ago, at a party of highly intelligent, liberal, literary young people - largely, like me,...

I wonder how many other people fortified themselves against the baleful final afternoon of 2020 by listening to all three and a half...

Without wanting to sound too much like the egregious Prince Andrew, I can confidently say that I remember pretty clearly what I was doing...

I can remember in the early 1990s passing a giant poster in the London Undergroud made up of two contrasting panels depicting the...