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Music From the Mists of Time

The birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte breaks its law of silence during the festival of Calenzana.

Virtual Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

In Berlin, Ciarán McAuley reviews Bernard Haitink and the Berlin Philharmonic's performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.

Mostly Mozart

John Sidgwick on the Mostly Mozart Series in London.

Festival Review: Music, Auvers and Van Gogh's Final Works

A review of a music festival in the little French village where Vincent van Gogh chose to spend his final months before putting a bullet through his chest.

Concert Review: Jennifer Pike at the Purcell Room

John Sidgwick on the London recital of the young British violinist Jennifer Pike.

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L'art du Flamenco et Portrait d'Agujetas par Culturekiosque.com, guide de l'actualite culturelle europenne

It has never seemed to me that the French art song, the mélodie, is suited to concert halls.... This musical form is in fact a privileged way of reciting poetry. The trouble is that singers like singing and only too often, that's what they do: sing, and go hang the words. The art of performing mélodie is to enhance the poetry with sung sounds.

ANTON WEBERN RETROSPECTIVE AT LYON: COMPLETE, AND THEN SOME ...

The Orchestre National de Lyon embarks on projects that are not only interesting on paper but also work out in practice. After the complete works of Edgard Varï¿½e two years ago - less than two hours of music, in fact - came the idea of presenting the complete works of Anton Webern - just under four hours for the official canon - during a three-week period.

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