The veteran polymath Richard Dyer who reviewed music, film and literature in the Boston Globe for half a century died today at Mass General Hospital.
Tim Page writes: ‘He was a master — one of those critics who showed the rest of us how it could be done.’
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A Brendel memoir from Costa Pilavachi, former President of Philips and Decca: Alfred Brendel, who died peacefully at home on 17 June, was one of the most consequential pianists of our time. His recordings of […]
Birmingham Triennial Music Festival at the Town Hall Mendelssohn: Elijah; Carolyn Sampson, Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, Simon Keenlyside, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Daniel Hyde; King’s College Chapel, Cambridge at part of the Cambridge Music […]
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