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, […]
From my monthly essay in The Critic: Twice in the last century, Russia stood on the brink of world dominance. Specifically in music, but in other fields as well. Here’s roughly what happened…. Read on […]
Dresden’s Frauenkirche has completed a gruelling audition of 29 candidates for its vacant organ bench. The winner was also one of the youngest. Nilkas Jahn comes from Fulda in Hesse. He studied church music, organ […]