Is the latest Derek McGovern/Sepia Mario Lanza CD, their seventh, sensational? Back in the day, in cases where answers were obvious, one might have responded rhetorically, “Is the Pope a Catholic?!” To do so in our present circumstances might cast doubt on the CD’s indeed being sensational, so
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Søndergård with Denis Kozhukhin (piano). Music by Beethoven, Schumann and Sibelius. Michael Fowler Centre, May 18, 2019 “Decadence!” is how English critic Henry Fothergill Chorley viewed the music of Robert Schumann. Schumann’s was the art of “covering pages with thoughts little worth
By Lindsay Perigo solopassion? Let’s just reiterate some basics here, two weeks on: 1) The Christchurch killer is evil beyond words. Saying this is not token virtue-signalling, which would make one sick; it is a heartfelt condemnation, by a lover of freedom and reason, of a gruesome initiation of
