Something great in C major

Here, from the National Gallery is a trailer of the exhibition of paintings by José María Velasco. This is the first UK exhibition of Mexico’s much-loved artist, José María Velasco. Velasco, working in Mexico in the […]

The death has been made known of the Edinburgh based cellist Christian Elliott, a member of the Zehetmair Quartet for the past decade and former principal cellist of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Christian, who was […]

From my monthly essay in The Critic (new issue out today) … Nothing in opera surpasses that single scenic blow to the seat of emotions. The effect is so visceral that I have seen cellists […]