Fiona Maddocks
@FionaMaddocksClassical music critic The Observer, UK. books: Hildegard of Bingen; Harrison Birtwistle; Music for Life; Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile (Faber)
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Paying tribute to @paulfwebster, who is retiring as editor of @ObserverUK Great to catch up with so many old friends. Lovely speeches from @soniasodha and @lucyJrock Proud to have worked for the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world.
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Frank Auerbach, leading figurative painter who fled Nazis, dies aged 93 theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
#FrankAuerbach 1931-2024 ‘Frankie Rossi Art Projects announces that Frank Auerbach, one of the greatest painters of our age, died peacefully in the early hours of Monday 11 November at his home in London, age 93.’
RIP Frank Auerbach, 93, wonderful artist.
Michael Downes’ new book on #Wagner just arrived - look forward to reading @FaberBooks
Music makers of Sheffield. Plus two pianists going their own way..
The week in classical: The Monster in the Maze; Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson; Rigoletto – review dlvr.it/TG593v
My new book on Sibelius’s symphonies and tone poems is out now. A chapter is devoted to each work, exploring their individual context, essence and interpretation, followed by a movement-by-movement guide to the music. (There is also an appendix section on recommended recordings.)
The week in classical: The Monster in the Maze; Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson; Rigoletto – review theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
I'd never seen this video of Bernstein conducting the Candide Overture - what joy. youtube.com/watch?v=zn5bhJ…
Music not to relax to…
‘A shot of adrenaline for tired ears’: our classical writers on the music that energises them theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
‘A shot of adrenaline for tired ears’: our classical writers on the music that energises them theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
Spot on from @FionaMaddocks who puts her review of @WelshNatOpera’s ‘Il trittico’ in the context of the funding cuts that are causing so much damage. tinyurl.com/ykyp9mrb
The top-class orchestra, incisively conducted by Alexander Joel, all wore “Protect WNO” T-shirts instead of their usual black. As the theatre has no pit, they were visible throughout. There was no forgetting their plight. 🙏@FionaMaddocks
The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
Yes, and for shame. To think that well within living memory (under Reginald Goodall in 1984), WNO could not just produce but also record this:
#WelshNationalOpera - pearl without price Plus excellent #OxfordInternationalSongFestival
The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…
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