From the brand-new website of Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Springhead Constellation: Key Principles Our commitment to a safe and supportive environment means that any form of discrimination, harassment, or bullying will not be tolerated. Everyone […]
From my new essay in The Critic: The biggest noise to be heard in orchestral music is not the click and whirr of audience smartphones shooting TikTok clips in the slow movement. Nor is it […]
The Kiss holds a unique place in Smetana’s oeuvre; it was the first operatic work he composed after the great personal tragedy of completely losing his hearing. Eliška Krásnohorská adapted a short story by Czech […]