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Endnotes, September 2023
Endnotes, September 2023 In this edition: Walton in Mediterranean mood; Sibelius in Nordic splendour. Plus, Bach sonatas and a Russian romantic masterpiece. Reviewed by Stuart Millson On August 3rd, The Quarterly Review was at the Royal Albert Hall for a … Continue reading
Endnotes, August 2023
Endnotes, August 2023 In this edition: English music for strings at JAM on the Marsh Festival; songs by Eric McElroy; reviewed by Stuart Millson, the Classical Music Editor of Quarterly Review Still preserving a sense of rural remoteness, Romney Marsh … Continue reading
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How the West was Wrung
How the West was Wrung Last month, the death was announced of the American writer Cormac McCarthy. Newspaper obituaries described him as a reclusive man who gave few interviews and … Continue reading
Love’s Vicissitudes
Love’s Vicissitudes L’elisir d’amore at Longborough Festival Opera, Tuesday 27th June, 2023, The Queen of Spades at The Grange Festival, Thursday 29th June, 2023, reviewed by David Truslove Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades may have little … Continue reading
Em notes, July 2023
Em notes, July 2023 In this edition: new works at the Sixteenth English Music Festival and a CD tribute to Walter Leigh. Reviewed by Stuart Millson. Approaching Dorchester-on-Thames from Henley takes the traveller through the England of Three Men in … Continue reading
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Tagged Em Marshall-Luck, Paul Lewis, Rupert Marshall-Luck, Vaughan Williams, Walter Leigh
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What friends are for
What friends are for, by Bill Hartley The Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, has been associated with the town of Darlington in County Durham since the 17thcentury. Even the local football club is nicknamed the Quakers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Justice, Joseph & Edward Pease, Quakers, Society of Friends
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Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park
Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park Rigoletto, Opera Holland Park, June 3rd 2023; opera in three acts with music composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave; a new production by Opera Holland Park, directed by Cecilia Stinton; the City … Continue reading
Endnotes, June 2023
Endnotes, June 2023 In this edition, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, in a new recording on the Chronos label, reviewed by Stuart Millson J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – stands alongside Rachmaninov’s Second, or Mahler’s Symphonies Five to Seven, written some … Continue reading
Blowback
Blowback Matthew Goodwin, Values, Voice and Virtue, The New British Politics, Penguin, 2023, Pb, 239 pp, U.K. £10.99, reviewed by Leslie Jones A major realignment is taking place in British politics, according to Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at the … Continue reading