JDCMB

Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog. Music and writing in London, UK.

Monday, August 31, 2015

Orphée et Eurydice: grief and catharsis at the ROH

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(This was originally for the Independent's Observations section the other day.) The new season at the Royal Opera House opens w...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

1984: a love story

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The other day I was talking to Northern Ballet's lead dancer Toby Batley about his new role as Winston in Jonathan Watkins's new bal...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Free Kavakos!

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Yuri Temirkanov (left) and Leonidas Kavakos (right) can be heard live from Annecy right here, tomorrow Free Kavakos? Why are they holdi...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Magic mountains 2: Into the woods, with the Strausses

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A double-bass player walks to work in the Taiswald I started to go to Pontresina with my parents at the age of 12, more years ago than...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

Return to the magic mountains 1: Manon Lescaut in Munich

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You may think you're on holiday. It depends, though, what you mean by "holiday". I've been away for two and a half weeks, ...
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Words for and about music. Beethoven novel 'Immortal' (https://unbound.com/books/immortal/) out now. Opera/choral librettos, including R Panufnik 'Silver Birch'. Narrated concerts. Classical music journalism for BBC Music Magazine, the i, The Sunday Times, The JC, etc. I AM NO LONGER BLOGGING and will only be updating this site occasionally. If you enjoy my writing, please read my articles and books. I regret that I can no longer respond to pitches for coverage on this blog. Twitter: @jessicaduchen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicawordsmusic Instagram: jessica.duchen By reading this site you agree to its cookies. www.jessicaduchen.co.uk.
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