I have a piece in The Independent today, exploring - in the wake of Barenboimania - why profundity is good box office at the moment.
Thanks to doughty reader Anne, who offered me her spare ticket for Barenboim's last recital on Sunday afternoon, I was present at the final installment of the Danny-&-Ludwig Show. I am preparing a detailed post about it, but have had One Of Those Weeks and as yet no chance to finish the thing. Check back soon.
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Very nice article, brought back good memories of the searing RSC King Lear that had me in tears last summer at Stratford-upon-Avon.
One reason I like festivals of the sort Mr. Barenboim just did is, if it's for a non-Beethoven type composer, one is finally able to hear rarely performed works. See: the Messiaen festival in London.
Now, if only some enterprising company would do a complete Korngold opera cycle......
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