MUSIC
September 2015
This summer’s dumbing down is just the prelude to ditching everything this great festival stands for
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July/August 2015
The rustbelt city’s orchestra is reinventing its networking role. No wonder Chicago is jealous
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June 2015
The Berlin Philharmonic produced a discordant sound when it tried to elect a new chief conductor
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May 2015
A startling new Hungarian grand is a postmodern marvel that would have delighted Liszt himself
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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