We are bowled over! We knew that theartsdesk.com had plenty of supporters out there – we’ve always had a loyal readership of arts…

Berlioz's intended companion for his Symphonie fantastique was Lélio, or the Return to Life - an assemblage of mostly magical earlier…

“Enola Gay” is perfect pop, the ultimate party-uplift banger. It’s that rare song which only seems to grow better as the years, then…

This beguiling “semi-staged” performance of Mahler’s First Symphony is the latest attempt in a growing movement to interrogate the…

As I started to write this review, I found that Tucker Zimmerman died in January this year. This was news to me, sad news, made worse by…

It’s 1959. Trinidad is fighting for independence from British colonial rule, while the US is beginning to stake its own control over the…

Can you remember what you were doing on 23 June 2016? You might well have been out to cast your vote in the EU referendum, which has thrown…

Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall comeback concert on Sunday, 23 April 1961 has often been lauded as "the greatest night in show business…

The world as we perceive it always has bits missing. This is either because your brain cuts bits out to avoid data overload, or because…

Range, I decided on Monday night, was what makes for great performances: range of emotions, dynamics, pitches. It was as true of Abel…