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Month: March 2017

IPM critical round-ups 40 and 41

Posted on March 20, 2017March 22, 2017 by Michael Church
IPM roundup 40 Wigmore Hall: Sunwook Kim Oct 25; Alexei Volodin Nov 2; Martha Argerich and Alberto Portugheis December 12; Beatrice Rana Jan 16; Luca Buratto 23 Jan; Barbican: Daniil Trifonov Jan 21; ... Read More

Timothy Hyman’s ‘The World New Made’ – an alternative history of twentieth-century painting

Posted on March 20, 2017May 27, 2017 by Michael Church
The World New Made: Figurative Painting in the Twentieth Century By Timothy Hyman Thames and Hudson 256 pp Ever since Tom Wolfe published his blistering polemic The Painted Word in 1975, it’s been a... Read More

Syria’s musical gifts

Posted on March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 by Michael Church
“WE LEFT our native land thinking we carried no baggage, completely unaware of the biggest gift our country had bestowed on us: the gift of music.” So said Basel Rajoub, a Syrian composer and saxo... Read More

Ancient music-theatres of Japan

Posted on March 20, 2017April 28, 2017 by Michael Church
Japan’s Westernisation is only skin-deep. For musical proof of this, consider the eagerness with which the Japanese periodically forsake their hi-tech existence, and immerse themselves in their anci... Read More

Is ‘late style’ a meaningful critical concept?

Posted on March 20, 2017January 12, 2018 by Michael Church
Out, brief candle! As life nears its end, thoughts can acquire urgent clarity. This truth may not be particularly perceptible in literature, because novelists find endless ways of disguising it. But i... Read More

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