Miscellaneous articles
General or miscellaneous articles about music.
Karynx - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
The Bird Has Flown - Peter King says farewell to his favourite BBC Radio 3 'Saturday Breakfast' host, Elizabeth Alker
Pettine - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
AI and the Modern Music to Come - Some thoughts from A P Virag
Oswald - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
'Obscure' Repertoire - Important advice for pianists
Syrinx - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Chocallo - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Mozart in Italy - Mike Wheeler, in the first of several visits to this year's Buxton Festival, listens to a discussion between Jane Glover and Leah Broad
Richly-designed and original - Roderic Dunnett looks forward to the Three Choirs Festival, 27 July - 4 August 2024 in Worcester, UK
Morawetz - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Zipangu - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Tailleferre - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Zelman - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
A Crack in Time? - A rare Leap Day editorial from Keith Bramich
Taşbebek - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Zwilich - A classical music word search puzzle by Allan Rae
Learning How to Play Again with 'The Nutcracker' - Jeffrey Neil shares some thoughts about Tchaikovsky's ballet, following a visit to Oakland Ballet's production in California, USA
Maybrick - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
Allan Rae: 5 Concerti - Richard Meszto introduces five works, referencing, in particular, the vast landscapes of Canada
Steiner - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
The Political Symphony - Jeffrey Neil asks some searching questions about classical music and protest
A Treasure Trove - Roderic Dunnett explores the substantial catalogue of Regent Records
The Magnanimity of Michael Tilson Thomas - Jeffrey Neil reflects on a performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony
Melikyan - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
Szymanowska - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
Spreading Light and Making Darkness Vanish - Luiza Catrinel Marinescu remembers her classmate, the Romanian pianist Eugen Alcalay and explores the pianist's mother's book 'Rhapsody in black and white with Leonard Bernstein'
Corroboree - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
A Fresh, Different View - Roderic Dunnett previews Adrian Partington's 2023 Gloucester Three Choirs Festival
Caccini - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
Youth Engagement in Choral Music - Scott Butterly, who has grown up in the Anglican choral tradition, argues that choirs, in any form, allow young people to fully gain the benefits of classical music
Music as a Form of Magic - Larry Sitsky: Late Piano Pieces - Second Series 2022-2023
Agnesi - A classical music word-puzzle by Allan Rae
An Act of Love - Malcolm Miller discusses the play 'Dedication'
The Oblivionopolis Audio Quiz - Extracts from a dozen obscure twentieth century works ... can you guess the composers and the works?
To Talk or Not to Talk - Béla Hartmann discusses whether or not musicians should speak out in public
Quality or Taste? - Béla Hartmann discusses quality in the Arts
Astounding! - An open letter to a great artist, from Esdras Mugatik
Towards the Unknown Region - The late George Colerick discusses Ralph Vaughan Williams as writer on music, particularly when he turns his thoughts towards Beethoven's Choral Symphony
Violinist, Teacher & Storyteller - Anett Fodor presents two amusing anecdotes which Carl Flesch shared with the readers of Hungarian newspapers
Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Introduction
Listening to Tchaikovsky - Béla Hartmann asks some searching questions about the pressure being placed on Russian artists following Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Cleavage Pianists: Let's Be Fair - Esdras Mugatik argues the case for the music
Music Lessons from Long Ago - Recollections by Barbara Siket
Spontaneous Creativity - Some distinguishing features of Korea's traditional music, by Simon Farrugia
Beyond COVID-19 - Ron Bierman takes a look at the current classical music scene in San Diego
Aix and Pains - Giuseppe Pennisi previews the 2021 edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival
Defining Our Field - John Dante Prevedini asks what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences?
A Thriller about a Score - Giuseppe Pennisi explores a new critical edition of Palestrina's 'Missa Papae Marcelli'
A Delius Cookbook - Mike Wheeler reports on unusual rumours from Grez-sur-Loing in France
New Releases - Keith Bramich describes some changes this magazine is making to its reviewing process, and provides a snapshot of information provided by record labels, promoters and individual artists over the last month
A Miracle in New York - Piano Lessons in the Time of Covid (pace, Gabriel García Márquez), by Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer
On Fischer-Dieskau's Schubert - Patrick Maxwell investigates the German baritone's legacy
Salzburg 2021 - Giuseppe Pennisi looks forward to the Salzburg Summer Festival which has Peace as its theme
How Audiences See the World - Reinventing music for social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, by John Dante Prevedini
The Therapeutic Power of Music - Giuseppe Pennisi writes about Christmas in music for children in Italy
A Tale of Two Centuries - Jenna Orkin reads Emile Naoumoff's 'Chronicles With Nadia Boulanger'
Inventiveness and Determination - Mike Wheeler recommends full support for Opera North's autumn 2020 schedule
A Quiet Logic - Chang Sun writes about the American pianist Kit Armstrong
Resolution - Another classical music word-puzzle to keep you entertained, by Allan Rae
After the Pandemic - Giuseppe Pennisi describes what looks like being a busy musical summer in Rome
Drastically Revised - Giuseppe Pennisi looks at the detail of the replanned 2020 Salzburg Festival
Summer Festivals in Europe - Giuseppe Pennisi investigates the fast-evolving festival scene
The Art of Thinking - Gordon Andrew R brings to a close his two month long 'Life under Quarantine' series
With Great Caution - Giuseppe Pennisi reports on the gradual reopening of Italian Summer Festivals
Locrian - A classical music word-puzzle, to keep you entertained during lockdown, by Allan Rae
Opening Up After Quarantine - Suggestions for musicians, by Gordon Andrew R
Music and the Pandemic - Giuseppe Pennisi puts the case for Italy
Beethoven 250 - In this year of celebration, Giuseppe Pennisi muses on Ludwig van Beethoven's modernity
Exceptional Provenance - Anett Fodor tells the story of Beethoven, Liszt and the Little Broadwood
Salzburg and the Pandemic - Giuseppe Pennisi wonders whether the 2020 Salzburg Summer Festival will take place
Life Under Quarantine - Suggestions for the classical musician, from Gordon Andrew R
Photographer's Insight - Michael Whitefoot, Photographer at the Three Choirs Festival, explains some of the tricks and pitfalls of covering a major UK festival
120 Years Ago - A snapshot of the musical world at the turn of the twentieth century, by George Colerick
Light and Shade - George Colerick writes about idealised beauty alongside the grotesque in the 1951 film 'The Tales of Hoffmann'
A Different Kind of Minimalism - A P Virag investigates Ervin Nyiregyházi's '36 Selected Works for Solo Piano'
The Ballets Russes - George Colerick tells the story of the early twentieth century ballet company
French Romanticism - George Colerick discusses orchestral music by Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Delibes, Lalo, d'Indy, Debussy, Ravel, Honegger, Poulenc, Milhaud and others
Dvořák and Brahms - George Colerick explores the folk music and other connections between Antonín Dvořák and his friend Johannes Brahms
A Call to Action - George Colerick discusses early Romanticism, with particular reference to Schubert, the piano, Schumann and the development of the symphony orchestra
Simultaneous Beethoven - Endre Anaru listens to all the Beethoven symphonies simultaneously
Lost Music for Lost Souls - Richard Meszto tells the story of the re-discovery of Allan Rae's music for 'Charles Manson AKA Jesus Christ', a play by Fabian Jennings
An Elitist Dance? - George Colerick writes about the tango
Jerome Rose - In the build-up to New York's International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Richard Meszto writes about the festival's founder
Opera Phantoms - George Colerick takes a light-hearted look at Ken Hill's influence on the old tale of 'The Phantom of the Opera'
Movement in Music - Teun Van de Steeg replies to Keith Bramich
A Perfect Fool - George Colerick discusses Gustav Holst and his Richard Wagner parody
Tempo Set Free - Keith Bramich comments on a recent article by Teun Van de Steeg
George Flynn in Chicago - Esdras Mugatik looks forward to a concert on 27 January 2019
2019 Music Festivals - Keith Bramich invites you to add classical music festivals to our online listings
Write for us - Editor Keith Bramich's comments and tips on contributing to this online magazine, twenty years on
Tempo Calculated - Teun Van de Steeg finds evidence of a missing link in our perception of music