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Der Lenz ist da!

How glorious that there are two words for spring in German. There is the more familiar 'die Frühling' and then the literary 'der...

By CHENDY BLOG Tuesday, December 24, 2013 Books Wagner

Wagner created new worlds within his operas, yet he also generated a new world by them. Has there been any other composer, including Bach, M...

Having written many articles and programme notes and given 14 public talks or lectures since returning from the Salzburg Festival in August,...

1. Mahler's Sixth Symphony by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Riccardo Chailly (Accentus Music) This film of Chailly's 2012 perf...

1. Forbidden Music by Michael Haas (Yale University Press) The product of years of dedicated service putting 'Entartete Musik' back...

2013 has certainly been a busy year. With Verdi , Wagner and Britten vying for our attention, we might feel a little weary as we approach ...

Yesterday, I tendered that we are all too keen to defend the creatures we know as composers (but never knew as men and women). Mahler, I ma...

This is a performance that's almost too luxurious. From the sensual glories of Strauss's Don Juan and Wagner's Wesendonck Liede...