MUSIC
November 2018
Scottish music and culture is playing second fiddle to an increasingly nationalist and socialist agenda
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October 2018
The chansons of Reynaldo Hahn are haunting and evocative. They deserve to be better known
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October 2018
My attempt to emulate Tallis was initially terrifying, but now that the work is finished I am quite bereft
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September 2018
This year’s rural festivals provided a feast of productions of works outside the main repertoire
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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