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BBCNOW/Fischer – review

4788 days ago

Guardian Music — Hoddinott Hall, CardiffThere was more extraordinary playing at Cardiff's recent flute festival than a concertgoer would normally aspire to hear in several years but, within the week came another top-flight virtuoso. Emmanuel Pahud is principal flauti... more info

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From the archive, 7 April 1971: Stravinksy, the towering genius

4789 days ago

Guardian Music — Originally published in the Guardian on 7 April 1971Igor Stravinsky has died in New York at the age of 88. It was obvious half a century ago that his three early Diaghilev ballets – "Firebird", "Petrushka" and "Rite of Spring" – were classics, bu... more info

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Messenger sends back trove of Mercury images

4797 days ago

L.A. Times - News — NASA begins releasing images from the first spacecraft to orbit the closest planet to the sun, including polar regions that might contain ice. After a 6 1/2 -year wait as a small craft voyaged through space, planetary scientists finally got an up-cl... more info

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This week's new music

4802 days ago

Guardian Music — Noriko Ogawa: Special Japan Appeal Concert, LondonThough she's London-based these days, pianist Noriko Ogawa was back in Tokyo, where she studied, when the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan two weeks ago. "I was in two minds about going... more info

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Edinburgh festival looks east – but is it cultural tourism? | Mark Fisher

4805 days ago

Guardian Music — This year's far eastern programme harks back to cultural events from the past, encouraging audiences to question the very idea of exoticism and othernessSince he took over in 2007, artistic director Jonathan Mills has put his stamp on the Edinburgh i... more info

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CHE GUEVARA AND DEBUSSY TO A DISCO BEAT

4806 days ago

The Vinyl Villain — I've never hidden my love for Pet Shop Boys, an act that I reckon are as important as any other that have emerged in the UK over the past 40 years. Wikipedia advises that they have now released 10 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 compilation albums, ... more info

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Live in Zurich 1966: Arthur Rubinstein – review

4808 days ago

Guardian Music — (ICA Classics)Another ICA Classics remastering to recommend is this fascinating collection of live recordings by Rubinstein in the last decade of his career. The orchestral sound is dated and cramped in Brahms's second concerto but Rubinstein's playi... more info

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This week's new dance

4816 days ago

Guardian Music — Pet Shop Boys & Javier De Frutos: The Most Incredible Thing, LondonNeil Tennant and Chris Lowe have released 10 albums, collaborated with artists as varied as Derek Jarman and Sam Taylor-Wood, written a West End musical and a film soundtrack; now the... more info

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Philharmonia Orchestra/Salonen; Britten Sinfonia, Mark Padmore; James Rhodes – review

4843 days ago

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, all LondonHardly an average week for the Philharmonia. First the orchestra celebrated its 65th birthday with a concert at Windsor Castle in the presence of its patron of three ... more info

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Anna Calvi: 'Without performing I'd be a nervous wreck'

4844 days ago

Guardian Music — From the "strange feeling" that gripped her on first seeing a violin to a quiet resolve to teach herself to sing, Anna Calvi has been consumed by music; now we're hearing the captivating resultsIn pictures: Anna Calvi gallery. In video: Anna Calvi li... more info

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