MUSIC
December 2012
A new group of gifted young conductors offers the prospect of genuine renewal in classical music
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November 2012
Benjamin Britten's gifts to British music, both as practitioner and patron, far outweigh his faults
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October 2012
Classical music must follow the example of an art form that has survived by extending its range
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September 2012
As long as his family still runs the Wagner festival, it will remain tainted by its links with the Nazis
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Written each month by the concert and operatic tenor Ian Bostridge
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