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Oedipus Rex review – an unmissable and inclusive update of Stravinsky

There was wonderfully precise singing and magnificently dramatic orchestral work, but the promenading community chorus, featuring local NHS workers, may have been the crowning glory of this bold Scottish Opera staging

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The 6 most exciting high-end hi-fi products of 2024 so far

£20k speakers, £10k amps and more delighted our reviewers, but only six performed well enough to make this list...

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Mark Brown: Here's my biggest picks for this year's Fringe

IT’S that time of year again, when many a well-heeled Edinburgher departs for three-and-a-half weeks in Provence, renting out their home for the…

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The Rake’s Progress review – stripped back staging foregrounds the sadness

The black humour was missing from Antony McDonald’s new production of Stravinsky’s neoclassical opera. But Rosie Aldridge’s Baba the Turk, especially, and a strong young cast made for a memorable evening.

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LSO/Adès review – Adès’s violin concerto beguiles in Mutter’s silvery sound

The UK premiere of the composer’s concerto written for Anne-Sophie Mutter was placed alongside two of Stravinsky’s ballet scores in this musically rich and vivid concert

The Guardian - UK

Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune album review – flat and muted

Despite first-rate playing, the young conductor with the orchestral world at his feet fails to deliver the drama behind the vivid gestures

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Naim’s NSS 333 music streamer weaves a powerful sonic spell.

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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review

Dread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new ‘short symphony’; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house down

The Guardian - UK

The Rake's Progress at Hackney Empire review: a hectic revival that has ransacked the dressing-up box

Beyond the jumble of ideas, this is a thoughtful production of Stravinski’s opera

Evening Standard

The Rake’s Progress review – stylisation tips towards surrealism in ETO’s staging of Stravinsky parable

Polly Graham’s new staging benefits from consistently fine singing as the indolent Tom Rakewell and the demonic Nick Shadow clash

The Guardian - UK

Giselle; Les Noces: The Departure review – the shock of the old

English National Ballet dance Mary Skeaping’s 70s reworking of the classic ballet with loving care, while Stravinsky’s revolutionary Les Noces holds its own in an ambitious reworking

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“Even though I go off on a tangent sometimes, I think he appreciates the melodic aspect I bring to the John Hackett Band”: Guitarist Nick Fletcher indulges himself on solo instrumental Quadrivium

Jazz rocker explores modes, plaintive tones and mysticism on his album, featuring old bandmate Dave Bainbridge

Louder

Les Noces – The Departure review: absorbingly renewed marriage bonds

On a catwalk-like stage, the ambitious New Movement Collective celebrate Stravinsky’s peasant wedding with a twist, adding fresh musical compositions to ramp up the atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto album review – neoclassical Stravinsky with style and substance

The Apollo ballet and the Violin concerto are the lead works in this collection recorded by conductor Andrew Davis and violinist James Ehnes

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Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky and Ultimate Striker shine

Explore Riaz Babu's horses exercising in Bengaluru with Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky & Ultimate Striker shining.

The Guardian - UK

BSO/Karabits/Kim review – new name, new look and new sound heralds bright future for Bristol

What was formerly Colston Hall reopened with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits on blazing form

The Guardian - UK

Berg: Wozzeck; Stravinsky: Capriccio album review – commemorating an ardent champion of European music

Recordings from the 40s, made available for the first time, feature postwar stars Heinrich Nillius and Suzanne Danco, their voices techincally impressive to this day

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Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excel

Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excelled when the horses were exercised in Bengaluru on Thursday morning (Nov 9)

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Art Gallery, Art Of Romance and Fast Pace shine

Art Gallery, Art Of Romance & Fast Pace shone in exercise at Bengaluru. Kalamitsi, Invincible, Dreamfield, Air Display, Nevada Gold, Ultimate Chance, Domina, Granpar, Jersey King, Anzac Parade, Phoenomenon, Wonder Woman, English Bay, Stravinsky, Victoria Punch all moved well. Fast Pace showed attractive movement.

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Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden and River Of Gold shine

Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden & River Of Gold shone in exercise. Outer sand: 600m: Del Mar 42, Elfin Knight 44.5. 1000m: Elveden 1-13.5, Phoenix Surprise 1-16.5, 2-y-o's 1-15 & 1-16.5. 1200m: Victoria Punch, Sunlit Path 1-31.5, Mighty Zo 1-25, Shubankar 1-28. 1400m: Aldgate 1-46, Anadale 1-45, Ruling…

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Stravinsky pleases

Stravinsky pleased when the horses were exercised in Bengaluru on Wednesday morning (Oct 11).

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English National Ballet: Our Voices review – an apocalyptic maelstrom of movement

Dancers in flight exist in a different realm in an absorbing Les Noces, reimagined as a sequel to The Rite of Spring, in this triple bill from a company really pushing themselves

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‘Why don’t we know more of her? It’s upsetting’: dance genius Bronislava Nijinska

Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a trailblazer

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The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

The Guardian - UK

Prom 62: The Rite by Heart review – fresh insight into Stravinsky’s complex classic

A quirky and informative script lifted the bonnet on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in the first half, and, in the second, the Aurora Orchestra – performing from memory – delivered a high-energy Rite that saw the music pulse across the concert hall

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