The City of London has voted to spend £191m on renewing the Barbican arts centre, having abandoned plans to build a new concerthall eslewhere within its boundaries. But £191m is just 80 percent is what […]
Messiaen Vingt régards de l’enfant Jésus (1944) Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, 31.05.2024 The last time I heard Messiaen’s vast Jesus-oriented canvas was at Milton Court in 2016 (review), Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist, a […]
When the Berlin Philharmonic visit Frankfurt, they drop into the bank. After yesterday’s limelight concert at the Alte Oper, en route to a US tour, the orchestra renewed its deals with Deutsche Bank as lead […]