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Vienna closes museums and cuts opening hours as part of austerity drive

Director of Wien Museum says ‘we all have to economise’ as city temporarily reduces access to cultural sites

The Guardian - UK

Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music.

The Conversation

Kris Kristofferson’s brave anti-war song

Brief letters: A relevant record | Schubert’s songwriting | Bob Dylan’s singing | Joni Mitchell’s best on both sides | Xylo-xenophobia

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Benjamin Luxon obituary

Versatile baritone who appeared on television in Britten’s opera for the medium, Owen Wingrave, and in The Good Old Days

The Guardian - UK

‘Constant dialogue and lively exchange’: Akris’ Albert Kriemler on two decades of collaboration with choreographer John Neumeier

Akris’ Albert Kriemler has collaborated with John Neumeier on the costumes for ’Epilogue’, the choreographer’s final ballet as artistic director of Hamburg Ballet. Here, Kriemler tells Wallpaper* about their enduring creative partnership

Wallpaper

Violinist Alena Baeva: 'We need to escape to our imaginary worlds'

Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled "Fantasy", which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning…

France 24

Nothing compares 2 Schubert’s weepies

Brief letters: Best breakup songs | Damn fine film | Emeritus perks | Covid drama

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The week in classical: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä; Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou – review

Usher Hall; The Queen’s Hall, EdinburghKlaus Mäkelä leads skilled versions of Sibelius and Mahler, while Yuja Wang brings warmth and Ravel and Andsnes and Chamayou tackle Schubert and Kurtág

The Guardian - UK

The grisly deaths of the great composers show how some met an unfortunate end

From murders to parasitic disease and sexually transmitted infections, here’s how some of the most celebrated classical composers in history met their makers

Daily Mirror

We used DNA from Beethoven's hair to shed light on his poor health – and stumbled upon a family secret

Many astonishingly creative people have lived lives cut tragically short by illness. Johannes Vermeer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Franz Schubert and Emily Brontë are some famous examples.

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