To all those living the Brexit nightmare

It’s always darkest before dawn (or is it?)

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Sibelius’s landscapes in sound

So many outstanding recordings of his symphonies.

Claude Debussy turns the tide of popular opinion

It is a hundred years since the death of French composer Claude Debussy.

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor

“One of the few almost unbearably beautiful and poignant pages in all music.”

Whimsicality in music

You don’t have to search very far to find humour in classical music.

Beethoven and Gioconda de Vito

Astonishing violinists were never two-a-penny.

Top Ten Musicals of the 20th Century (V)

Everyone has their own idea of what makes a great musical!