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OAE/Bezuidenhout review – on an exemplary Mozart journey

With Kristian Bezuidenhout conducting from the fortepiano, this was a genial celebration of three works written in the year 1784

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The Chevalier review – fascinating but flawed look at an extraordinary musician

Bill Barclay’s play about the composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges shines a light on a long-neglected figure and his exquisite music

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Michael Phillips: Immersive video exhibits: Pro or con? What clues does ‘Mozart Immersive’ give about the future of entertainment?

CHICAGO — We live in “the experience culture.”

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Classical home listening: Il Pomo d’Oro and Emelyanychev play Mozart; Magnificat 3 from Cambridge

Maxim Emelyanychev and co launch their Mozart series with the first and last symphonies. And more evening canticles from the choir of St John’s College and Andrew Nethsingha

The Guardian - UK

Evgeny Kissin review – phenomenal pianist revels in Rachmaninov

The former prodigy’s barn-stormingly unsubtle approach has changed little since his teenage years, but his affinity with Rachmaninov is undeniable

The Guardian - UK

Ahead of his Pittsburgh Symphony appearance, 'White Lotus' and 'Amadeus' actor F. Murray Abraham discusses musicality in acting

PITTSBURGH — To HBO streamers, he’s the Bert, the out-of-touch, rascally grandfather on the comedy-drama murder mystery “White Lotus.” To Marvel’s followers, he’s the voice of the Egyptian god Khonshu in the Disney+ show “Moon Knight,” a massive, masked figure realized with CGI. To crime drama enthusiasts, he’s Omar in…

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Max Richter: The man who brings the Zzz factor this World Sleep Day

No musician is responsible for more good nights’ sleep than Max Richter. This World Sleep Day Richard Godwin meets the composer for our restless times

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The Magic Flute review – WNO’s hectic new version is a lightsaber too far

Daisy Evans’ psychedelic and frantic modern reworking dodges the original’s problems, but loses much of Mozart’s magic and energy in the process – and the flute itself

The Guardian - UK

Barenboim takes it day-by-day, balancing music with illness

At no time during his seven-decade career did renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim ever consider slowing down his frenetic pace

The Independent UK

Oscars 2023: who will win? And who should win?

All eyes are on this Sunday as the awards race heats up

Evening Standard

English Baroque Soloists: Mozart and Haydn review – historical hipsters cut loose in captivating style

John Eliot Gardiner’s groundbreaking orchestra are as precise and sharp as ever, but are miraculously re-energised when joined by violinist Isabelle Faust and violist Antoine Tamestit

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That time Lisa Marie Presley and then-husband Michael Jackson bought rare editions at a San Diego book store

SAN DIEGO — It is unclear how many times Lisa Marie Presley may have visited San Diego on her own. But Elvis Presley's daughter, who died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 54, did make one especially memorable visit to a downtown San Diego bookstore in 1995 with…

Tribune News Service

‘We live better than the kings’ — Jim Kendros brings music and philosophy to seniors

Kendros lectures before concerts as well as at social clubs and libraries. He is a composer and creator of the Mount Prospect Overture.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Magic Flute review – well-behaved revival needs more of Mozart’s anarchic spirit

There are strong performances, particularly from Gyula Orendt’s Papageno and Sarah Dufresne’s Papagena, but the fun is damped down in David McVicar’s 2003 staging that imposes coherence on the pantomimic plot

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The Nutcracker and the Magic Flute review – a turkey with all the trimmings

A girl’s toys come to life in this nonsensical animated Christmas mashup of Tchaikovsky and Mozart

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Voice of Black Opera 2022 review – worthy winner brings drama and technique

Despite the narrow choice of material, there were some very strong individual performances, with well-deserved honours going to Rachel Duckett

The Independent UK

10 best European city breaks – and where to stay this winter

Indulge in a culture-packed trip to the Continent at one of these top picks from The Independent’s travel team

The Conversation

The (unjustly forgotten) genius of pianist Clara Haskil

Many of the women who pursued careers in music during the turbulent 20th century led extraordinarily complex and exciting lives. As well as confronting the stereotypes that women artists have long faced, they often lived and worked in the midst of war. Despite their accomplishments, their names are not always…

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A tiger in Albo’s tank

China’s President Xi Jinping attaches ‘great importance’ to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s opinion, and Australian whistleblowers may be offered more protection in mooted legislation.

AFP

Born this way: rats move to beat of Lady Gaga, study says

Tokyo (AFP) - Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga.

WEKU

Rats have rhythm and can keep the beat to Mozart, a new study shows

Scientists at the University of Tokyo found that rats possess the ability to keep the beat to musical pieces from Mozart.

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Rats bop to the beat of music including Lady Gaga and Queen like humans, study says

Moving to a musical beat was thought to be a skill unique to humans, but rats also have this ability, according to scientists who played rodents Lady Gaga's Born This Way and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen.

The Independent UK

Rats have an innate sense of rhythm and can bop in time to Mozart, scientists find

Rats were played Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major at four different tempos

The Guardian - UK

Slaves to the rhythm: rats can’t resist a good beat, researchers say

Study finds rats instinctively move in time to music – an ability previously thought to be uniquely human

The Guardian - UK

In Kyiv, I saw Ukrainians on the frontlines of a very real culture war

For many in Ukraine, this is a war of ‘decolonisation’ – and that includes Russia’s celebrated artistic heritage, says Charlotte Higgins

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