Mary NguyenMusicLondon,
First, I must admit that I am more familiar with Schubert's "Wintereisse" through the voice of Ian Bostridge, but sung 'straight' with nothing else but a piano to accompany the tenor. Last year, I was completely absorbed by ...
Art & Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age
Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Pride of place in the first room of this exhibition goes to a vast and very odd painting, "The Disruption Portrait", by the 19th-century artist David Octavius Hill. Twenty-three years in the making, it depicts the ...
Frances WilsonMusicLondon,
Olivier Messiaen’s monumental work Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus (Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus) surely ranks amongst the “greats” of the piano repertoire, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas in terms of its scale, ...
Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
In 1974 Michael Craig-Martin exhibited an ordinary glass of water on a shelf, the type you normally find in bathrooms, and called it "An Oak Tree." That’s what it was, because that's what he said it ...
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A magnificent Victorian Grade II listed villa of approx. 6,988 square feet offered to the market chain free. This beautiful Victorian family home 'Rockmount' is a marvellous example of one of the best suburban villas on ...
The Final Sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
Frances WilsonMusicLondon,
Sir András Schiff is traversing the final three piano sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in concerts across America and Europe. Twelve sonatas in total are spread across three concerts which celebrate the sonata form, "one ...
Frances WilsonArt & ArchitectureLondon,
If you visit London’s National Portrait Gallery, you’re likely to bump into some eminent Russian poets, artists, musicians, writers and patrons in addition to the Gallery’s large collection of British portraits.
“Russia and the Arts: The Age of ...
This rather unwieldy show relentlessly drives home the point that "The Birth of Venus" has repercussions in contemporary art.
Nicholas MarloweArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Peter Ustinov once said that if Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) were alive today, he'd be working for "Vogue." You can see what he was driving at. Around 1485, Botticelli painted "The Birth of Venus," which famously shows the goddess ...
Mary NguyenArt & ArchitectureLondon,
Vogue 100: A Century of Style has just opened at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and it takes us back in time and shows us how this internationally renowned fashion magazine has got to where it has today. The way ...
Mary NguyenMusicLondon,
The English National Opera (ENO) first performed Bellini’s 1831 bel canto opera, Norma this month. Christopher Alden's production was first performed by Opera North in 2012, which is a co-production with Die Theatre Chemnitz and has toured to ...
