Mama Africa Zenzile Miriam Makeba, often known as Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. In the 1960s, she was the first artist from Africa to popularize African music around […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The sound of Berlin in the Weimar years is defined by Kurt Weill. More than any other composer, his music for the Bertolt Brecht shows conjured the jittery, […]
Ravel: L’heure espagnole – Alexandria Moon, Edward Birchinall, Benedict Munden, Marcus Swietlicki (part) – Royal College of Music (Photo: Chris Christodoulou) Britten: Les illuminations, Weill: Chansons des Quais; Ravel: L’heure espagnole; Georgia Melville, Cecilia Zhang, […]