During Covid, a group of synagogue cantors segued the Leonard Cohen song back into its New Year original. The soloist Julia Danielle Smulson is a real jazz talent, winner of an Ella Fitzgerald award. The […]
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Season of Joy opened last night with Beethoven’s ninth to a packed house. A correspondent writes: ‘The near-capacity audience was bolstered by an offer of tickets for a pound […]
The vastly hyped film of the fading existence of Maria Callas secured just one nomination today at the Academy Awards – for Best Achievement in Cinematography. The snub will be felt most acutely by Angelina […]