Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Amid the voluminous tributes to the BBC’s late creative director, we ought to point out that Alan Yentob knew nothing about classical music and disliked to be reminded of its existence. Although he once cleared […]

The Beethoven Orchestra Bonn has extended its general music director Dirk Kaftan to 2032, by which time he will have put in 15 years. That will see them covered for the Beethoven bicentenary in 2027. […]

Berthe Morisot’s ‘Summer’s Day‘ in the National Gallery is one of my favourite Impressionist paintings. The  artist uses distinctive zig-zag brushstrokes and an extraordinary interplay of light and colour in this wonderful painting of two women […]