Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Wonderfully unexpected 1988 interview with John Williams by his old Hollywood pal, Andre Previn. Williams takes over, leaving Andre struggling to control the conversation…   The post So, John Williams, what made you interested in […]

This was the French National Orchestra playing in the Olympics Opening Ceremony under the baton of Cristian Macelaru. Also inundated in the horrensdous Paris weather was the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. It seems remarkable that in […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The death of composer Alexander Goehr last August reminded obituarists of the vital contributions his refugee father Walter Goehr had made to insular British culture. Walter worked as […]