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Kubrick’s Final Film
Kubrick’s Final Film Ilana Mercer grabs more shut-eye Stanley Kubrick’s farewell film, Eyes Wide Shut, has turned 20. I reviewed it for a Canadian newspaper on August 9, 1999, and found it not only pretentious and overrated, but something of a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise
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Something Missing in Propertius
Something Missing in Propertius by Darrell Sutton Readers can be perplexed by the arguments that textual critics employ when they emend the wording of ancient writers. Critics’ trains of thought are not easy to follow at times; but assiduity is … Continue reading
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Tagged A E Houseman, Homer, Propertius, The Iliad
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ENDNOTES, August 2019
ENDNOTES, August 2019 In this edition: Pergolesi, A Neapolitan Stabat Mater; the film music of Gerard Schurmann, reviewed by Stuart Millson From the extraordinary across-the-centuries choral archive that is the ICSM/CHRONOS record label, comes one of the most surprising and dazzlingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Gerard Schurmann, Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
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Obituary – Feliks Wegierski,
Obituary – Feliks Wegierski by Apolonja (Pola) Maria Kojder Feliks Wegierski was born in Dzialdowo, in north-western, pre-war Poland, in 1923. He showed an early aptitude for sketching and drawing, and carved small wooden toys for his eight siblings (three … Continue reading
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A Family Romance – review of L’Arlesiana
A Family Romance – review of L’Arlesiana Opera in three acts, music composed by Francesco Cilea, libretto by Leopoldo Marenco after Alphonse Daudet, new production by Investec Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia and Opera Holland Park Chorus conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged Francesco Cilia, Freud, L'Arlesiana, Leopoldo Marenco, Opera Holland Park, Schopenhauer, Wagner
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ENDNOTES, July 2019
ENDNOTES, July 2019 A great conductor at 90, by Stuart Millson A packed auditorium, whether in London, Amsterdam, Boston, Berlin or Chicago and sustained applause which continues for much longer than is usual – the chances are that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw, Debussy, Mahler
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Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy Review of La Fille du Régiment, Opéra Comique in two acts, music by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges & Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, conducted by Evelino Pidò, directed by Laurent Pelly, fourth revival of the 2007 production, Royal Opera … Continue reading
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Tagged Donizetti, Javier Camarena, Laurent Pelly, Sabine Devieilhe, Top C
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Spellbound
Spellbound Un Ballo in Maschera, music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Somma, Investec Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, new production of the original, uncensored version directed by Rodula Gaitanou, based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Langer, Donizetti, Opera Holland Park, Shakespeare, Un Ballo in Machera, Verdi
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Leaving Sneddonland
Leaving Sneddonland On Michael Jackson, Margo Jefferson, Granta, £9.99, reviewed by Stoddard Martin It is unfortunate, if perhaps inevitable, that great creators, not least of music, should morph into personalities to be analysed to death, or beyond. Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner … Continue reading →
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