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“You can only break the rules if you know what the rules are”: How changing up your chord voicing can make your music sound more expansive

Now you’ve composed the chords for your song, it’s time to find your inner voicing!

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JC Bach was the darling of Georgian London. Will his forgotten opera shake off the shadow of his celebrated father?

Publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home

The Guardian - UK

Subdued, sleepy and despised by snobs: how minimalist piano eclipsed classical music

Their soothing tones and hypnotic arpeggios amass gigantic listening figures on ‘chill’ Spotify playlists, but composers such as Nils Frahm are shunned by the classical world

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Forget Taylor Swift, tune into Bach for musical genius

Australian violinist Madeleine Easton heads an ensemble and choir dedicated to the music of J.S. Bach - and promises she will never run out of material.

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Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 album review – robust and muscular

While some generous expressive effects are occasionally overdone, the fugues are projected with verve and crispness, and show Suzuki at his best

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Cavalleria rusticana/Aleko; Bath BachFest review – passion and penitence

Opera North pairs Mascagni’s masterpiece with teenage Rachmaninov in a potent double bill. Plus, well-tuned extremes from Tenebrae and a blizzard of notes with Mahan Esfahani

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Oxford Bach Soloists: Christmas Oratorio; Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver – review

Making a thrilling London debut, the Oxford Bach Soloists continue their quest to perform all of the composer’s vocal works over 12 years. Elsewhere, a revelatory reading of Arvo Pärt

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The week in classical: Hansel and Gretel; London Handel Players; La Nativité du Seigneur – review

Humperdinck’s sweet-toothed favourite wins at least one new fan; the joy is contagious in Bach’s Magnificat; and the Christmas story as imagined by Messiaen

The Guardian - UK

Bevan/BBCSO/Wigglesworth review – intensely personal and panoramic Magnificat from husband and wife team

Conducting his own setting, dedicated to wife and soloist Sophie Bevan, Ryan Wigglesworth captured the scale and scope of a text that spans ‘the history and future of humanity’. Bevan was also glorious in a tantalising fragment of Monteverdi

The Guardian - UK

“I said, ‘Really? You don’t practise any more?’ He said, ‘One day I just sort of realised I could play.’ I’m wondering if I’ll get to that level… we’re about to find out!” Pat Metheny just wants to understand music

Multi-faceted pioneer hasn’t played guitar for six months - but he’ll be up and working by 5am every day

Louder

The week in theatre: Clyde’s; The Confessions; The Score – review

Lynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and Brian Cox makes a formidable JS Bach

The Guardian - UK

Fall classical music preview: An early-music collaboration and 10 more highlights of the season

Riccardo Muti returns, Lyric Opera goes to sea and Newberry Consort joins forces for the first time with Haymarket Opera Company.

Chicago Sun-Times

Francis Monkman obituary

Multi-instrumentalist with Curved Air and Sky who composed the soundtrack to The Long Good Friday

The Guardian - UK

Five things you can do this weekend

Music gigs range from 90s rock to a mix of Bach and jazz.

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The week in classical: Reich/Richter; St John Passion – review

The grand 2019 collaboration between Steve Reich and Gerhard Richter faced stiff competition from an Anna Clyne miniature

The Guardian - UK

Andy Whitfield obituary

Other lives: Composer and musician at the Dukes Playhouse theatre company who established the Lancaster Millennium Choir

Daily Record

Glenkens to host world premiere of Easter Passion - in Scots

A Tale o’ Guid Friday and Ayont will be performed by the men and women of Glenkens Parish Choir

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Aussie violinist to strike a chord at king's coronation

Australian violinist Madeleine Easton will play her rare 1682 Giovanni Grancino violin when she performs at the coronation of King Charles in London on May 6.

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Yunchan Lim review – piano prodigy puts his brilliance on full display

The Korean teenager dazzled with Byrd and Bach but his raging Beethoven showed he could still reach further, subtler heights

Daily Mirror

Inside Leipzig Christmas market from its Fairytale Forest to the best places for festive food

Leipzig Christmas market review - one writer put the historic German Christmas market to the test including the food, atmosphere, views and where to find the best stalls

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Rape of Lucretia; Solomon’s Knot – review

A shocking update of Britten’s chamber opera feels wearily relevant. And one of the UK’s finest vocal ensembles probes the musical kinship of JS Bach and his uncle

The Guardian - UK

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman review – Bach sounds fresh and jubilant

Ton Koopman’s zest for the baroque master shone through in a joyful programme of some of his best-known music, even if the lack of instrumental balance would have triggered the symmetry-loving composer

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2022: Bach’s B Minor Mass, OAE/Butt review - heavenly

A fine performance of this piece can provide spiritual uplift to believers and unbelievers alike

Chicago Sun-Times

WWII vet dies as his last wish was to be fulfilled: a pipe organ performance for 100th birthday

Robert Heinzen died a day before the celebration his family rushed to finalize. They decided to go ahead with the performance as a memorial Mass.

Evening Standard

Spitalfields Music Festival: The best concerts to book at the annual classical music jamboree

Since 1976, the annual Spitalfields Music Festival has captured the area’s reputation for resistance and inclusiveness. Here’s are pick of eight concerts that capture that spirit in the 2022 edition

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