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Michael Hunter: The Decline of Magic review - when mockery killed witches

Sunday, 29 December 2019 Read more...

Les Arts Florissants, Christie, Agnew, Barbican review – splendid Baroque knees-up

Tuesday, 10 December 2019 Read more...

Tynan, Clayton, Murray, Aurora Orchestra, Dean, Wigmore Hall review - Britten lives!

Thursday, 05 December 2019 Read more...

Schiff, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer, Barbican review – generosity and geniality

Monday, 02 December 2019 Read more...

Orphée, English National Opera review – through a screen darkly

Saturday, 16 November 2019 Read more...

Wegener, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review – on the revolutionary road to Mahler

Thursday, 14 November 2019 Read more...

Caroline Moorehead: A House in the Mountains review – the women's war against Fascism

Sunday, 10 November 2019 Read more...

Poster, Cabeza, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review – shock of the new

Monday, 04 November 2019 Read more...

Jung Chang: Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister review – China's century in three women's lives

Sunday, 27 October 2019 Read more...

Andsnes, Oslo Philharmonic, Petrenko, Barbican review – polish and passion

Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Read more...

Verdi Requiem, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – beyond the big noise

Monday, 14 October 2019 Read more...

The Silver Lake, English Touring Opera review - shadows of the Weimar twilight

Monday, 07 October 2019 Read more...

Prom 72/3: Aurora Orchestra, Collon review – Berlioz not quite lost in showbiz

Friday, 13 September 2019 Read more...

William Dalrymple: The Anarchy review – masterly history of the first rogue corporation

Sunday, 08 September 2019 Read more...

Prom 63: Wang, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chung review – private passions

Friday, 06 September 2019 Read more...

Selina Todd: Tastes of Honey review – Salford dreams of freedom

Sunday, 25 August 2019 Read more...

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