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Endnotes, October 2023
Endnotes, October 2023; in this edition, premiere recordings of British piano concertos from the Lyrita label, reviewed by Stuart Millson Aside from the thoughtfully-chosen, sometimes recondite musical material, Lyrita enhances the latter with evocative artwork, lengthy and detailed sleeve notes, … Continue reading
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers, I Fagiolini, plus English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, directed/conducted by Robert Hollingworth, Kings Place, Sound Unwrapped, Friday 29th September 2023, reviewed by Leslie Jones In 1610, Claudio Monteverdi, maestro cappella at the court of Duke Gonzaga in … Continue reading
Tales of Ancient Kings
Tales of Ancient Kings Historia Augusta trans. by David Magie; revised by David Rohrbacher. 3 vols. Harvard University Press, 2022. $30.00. Vol. I: pp. i-liii, 1-471; Vol. II: pp.1-463; Vol. III: 1-562, reviewed by Darrell Sutton Wading through the … Continue reading
Bigamy
Bigamy by Bill Hartley This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Matrimonial Causes Act, the first Act to establish equal rights in divorce for men and women. In contrast, the first Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 allowed a … Continue reading
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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