The tragic story of ill-starred lovers might sound familiar but Wòlô Bòskô is a rare thing: a dramatic song cycle sung in the Kashubian language. The Kashubians are an ethnic group native to the historical region […]
One of the great choral works, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem is often thought of as a humanist requiem, a work for the bereaved passages form teh Bible sleeked by Brahms himself. It takes a great […]
A conversation I filmed with the conductor in Zurich, a dozen years ago. A lovely man, lacking in pomposity and self-regard. Enjoy. The post Roger Norrington: I kiss the musicians, then I kick off my […]