A Henry Kissinger Playlist
A tribute to a great lover of classical music music, and an even greater war criminal
Level Out, Level Down
If Arts Council England wants to bring classical music outside London, why is it cutting funding to the groups that are already there?
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Psapphic love
“I Don’t Know Why I’m Angry, I’m Angry, I’m Angry…”
Music therapist Nigel Osborne on his work with Ukrainian children
“If you look at the character list in ‘Nixon in China,’ you’ve only got one principal character who isn’t directly responsible for the death of anyone. That’s setting the bar pretty low.”
Alice Goodman
These fucking guys
Taking Gergiev at His Word
Valery Gergiev has never made a secret of his closeness to Putin and his policies. Nevertheless, it took a Russian invasion to get people to pay attention—in Munich and beyond.
Pact with the Dictator
Is Valery Gergiev the new Furtwängler? A conversation with musicologist Friedrich Geiger.
Music in flight
“I’m Willing to Commit the Crime of Music”
Afghan musicians abroad stay loud amid musical censorship at home
A Vigil to a Life
When Russia invaded Ukraine, harpsichordist Elizaveta Miller left her Moscow home behind
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Just Like Holy Mary
Two versions of Monteverdi’s “Vespers,” a war requiem from Shostakovich, and Magdalena Kožená goes folk