Messing up Beethoven’s Ninth
How do you rein in the overactive bits of Manfred Honeck’s imagination without driving him away?
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How do you rein in the overactive bits of Manfred Honeck’s imagination without driving him away?
Part of what makes them special is the depth of their catalog
Hats off to the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. They’ve discovered a new form of racism. Some people say we have enough ethnic division already but in south-west London they’re gagging for more apparently. A new play, Prodigal, examines the prejudice endured by a Ugandan chap whose mother moved to London when he was a
Shouldn’t my tastes have evolved in the past 13 years?
Poor Chet Baker. He really was born to be blue
As he collects nearly two decades of essays and criticism, Marco Grassi recalls a life in the art world
Robert Redford’s film festival goes virtual
Ken Burns’s Hemingway is a pleasant surprise
There probably is something here for everyone. But maybe only one thing
One hundred years on from the seminal Chaplin flick
‘Audiences worldwide want to be challenged, not dumbed down and patronized,’ says Tom Six
Rebellion used to be sexy, and bad used to be so, so good
Frederic Raphael wrote the script for Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Now he writes a personal letter to the director’s shade
Raised by Wolves reviewed
Whatever happened to the heroes?
Why can black actors play white roles but not the other way around?
Gates never once uttered the words ‘genocide’, ‘extermination’ or even ‘ethnic cleansing’ to describe Ottoman atrocities
Stupid Cupid or cancel-culture victim?
What Joss Whedon’s downfall tells us about the application of morality
Hopefully she can now reprogram herself to think only correct thoughts
The Met has cleaned up its act
Where there’s pop, there’s hype — and there’s nothing wrong with that
As he gets older, Barenboim has become more and more keen on recording Beethoven sonatas in front of audiences
Remain unmoved to the songs on Lifeline and you’re made of much sterner stuff
The storyline is Jane Austen with all the plot and nuance and character sophistication removed
It’s like rock ’n’ roll never happened
Life is still a cabaret
An artist with the soul of a pirate