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Music

Not in front of the children
The London staging of Hänsel und Gretel was far superior to Berlin’s ludicrously bad production
Duncan Reed

Dancing to the SNP’s tunes
Scottish music and culture is playing second fiddle to an increasingly nationalist and socialist agenda
James MacMillan

Lover of Venice, Proust and song
The chansons of Reynaldo Hahn are haunting and evocative. They deserve to be better known
Jonathan Gaisman

The therapy of forty voices
My attempt to emulate Tallis was initially terrifying, but now that the work is finished I am quite bereft
James MacMillan

Opera’s summer in the country
This year’s rural festivals provided a feast of productions of works outside the main repertoire
Mark Ronan

Music makes us socially mobile
Scottish nationalists seem out to destroy a precious musical heritage built up over many generations
James MacMillan

In composer’s Sistine heaven
To hear my Stabat Mater sung in Michelangelo’s chapel was the high point of my musical life
James MacMillan

A constant search for the sacred
Religion plays an integral role in modern music even when it is composed by non-believers
James MacMillan

The ring of authority
Ernest Newman’s towering biography of Wagner helped to shape my own view of the composer
James MacMillan

Wagnerian feminism
Director Willy Decker makes a plausible case that the eternal  feminine underpins The Ring
Jonathan Gaisman

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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