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‘One man waited 18 years for a harpsichord’: inside the rarefied world of period instrument-making
You might think building a theorbo or a rebec is a dying art. Yet there is a demand for these weird and wonderful objects
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Yuri Temirkanov, old-school Soviet conductor known for his romantic sound and misogyny – obituary
He scowled his way through concerts and said that female conductors ran ‘counter to nature’ because the essence of a conductor was strength
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The Midlands comprehensive that’s fighting Britain’s music problem
It's the Cinderella of subjects for youngsters – but Shireland CBSO Academy is out to change that
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Zdenek Macal, charismatic but thin-skinned conductor who escaped Czechoslovakia in a taxi in 1968 – obituary
He conducted more than 160 orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, claiming to lose 2lbs each concert via sweat
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This ‘enfant terrible’ was too radical for Elgar – now he’s ripe for revival
Haunted by memories of the trenches, Arthur Bliss injected English pastoral music with a highly expressive strain of modernism
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra return with a triumphant Barbican opening
Sakari Oramo drew a sensitive tribute to Czech composer Dora Pejačević from his players, ending with a rousing rendition of Mahler's Fifth
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Anatol Ugorski, eccentric Soviet pianist whose love of Western modernists got him into trouble – obituary
His ‘crime’ was to applaud too vigorously at a concert of new music in 1968. In 1990, he fled and began his career afresh in the West
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'They will crush our delicate flower': when emigrés crashed Britain's classical music scene
A new Royal College of Music project looks at those who fled Nazi-occupied Europe. It's a tale of acceptance, but one of protectionism too
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A heavenly season-opener from London Philharmonic, plus the best of September’s classical concerts
A huge choral-and-orchestral blockbuster is a wonderful way to launch a new season, and the LPO rose to the occasion
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This ‘cannibalist’ composer is like a sultry Brazilian Bach
Heitor Villa-Lobos is seen as a one-hit wonder – but virtuoso cellist Antonio Meneses's new CD shows the variety in his work
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Opera North’s Richard Mantle: ‘The arts should be fun, not planned with a calculator’
Stepping down after 30 years at the company, the general director talks about the art form's constant uphill struggles – and his next move
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How to hear Bach’s music as it might have sounded in his lifetime
An organ from 1737 – which the composer himself might have played – reveals the full colour of his organ music in Masaaki Suzuki's new CD
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The folk songs that could replace Rule Britannia
If it’s time for change at the Last Night of the Proms, our wealth of traditional tunes provides plenty of lively options
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The four great composers who captured the tragedy of the Second World War
Jeremy Eichler’s new book, Time’s Echo, salutes the achievement of Strauss, Schoenberg, Britten and Shostakovich
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The secret to Paul McCartney’s genius? It’s all about that bass
The Beatle is the finest – and most famous – bass player in pop history. But what happened to his beloved Hofner guitar?
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The hot 100 films, exhibitions, gigs and TV shows to see this autumn
From Ridley Scott's Napoleon to swashbuckling Golden Age paintings and the return of Doctor Who, our critics on the season’s must-sees
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Jon Hopkins brings cosmic blandness to the Proms – plus the best of August’s classical concerts
Jon Hopkins is known for his huge, cosmic soundscapes, but even the BBC Symphony Orchestra couldn't make them sound less generic
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Maestros and mayhem inside the febrile world of orchestras
Historical claims of tyrannical conductors and power games are the stuff of legend, but is the industry changing for the better?
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Kat’a Kabanova review: Corinne Winters shines in the bleakest Janáček I have ever seen
Barrie Kosky's punishingly dark vision of the Czech composer's masterpiece, recorded at the Salzburg Festival, now arrives on DVD
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Never mind Bradley Cooper’s ‘Jewface’ – there are more Leonard Bernstein controversies to come
A new biopic about the great Jewish conductor and composer has already sparked a backlash. But just wait until the film is released
