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“I realised this music is what influenced the stuff I’d been listening to – Pink Floyd, Genesis and so on”: Ben Short saved a Stravinsky album from a skip, and A Formal Horse was the result

The avant-rockers released debut album Here Comes A Man From The Council With A Flamethrower in 2019, when their guitarist-vocalist told Prog how they took their time and finally got there

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LSO/Mäkelä review – dazzle and drama, but always backed by exceptional musicality

A turbo-charged performance from the young conductor, carefully paced and full of bold choices, brought out the beauty and the terror of Stravinsky’s score

The Guardian - UK

Stravinsky: Chamber Works album review – Juilliard and Royal Academy of Music offers much of interest

Students from the UK and the US, conducted by Barbara Hannigan, mix familiar Stravinsky works with the rarely heard

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Prom 58: Orchestre de Paris/Mäkelä review – electrifying music-making from an elite team

A Parisian-flavoured programme of narrative works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Berlioz was played with precision and panache, full of relishable and memorable moments

The Guardian - UK

Prom 38: Gabetta/BBCSO/Lu review – Francisco Coll premiere roams deliriously wide

The composer’s Cello Concerto, written for and performed by Sol Gabetta, was perfectly precise in conductor Tianyi Lu’s hands, despite its dizzying technical demands on soloist and orchestra

The Guardian - UK

Oedipus Rex review – an unmissable and inclusive update of Stravinsky

There was wonderfully precise singing and magnificently dramatic orchestral work, but the promenading community chorus, featuring local NHS workers, may have been the crowning glory of this bold Scottish Opera staging

The Guardian - UK

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Mark Brown: Here's my biggest picks for this year's Fringe

IT’S that time of year again, when many a well-heeled Edinburgher departs for three-and-a-half weeks in Provence, renting out their home for the…

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The Rake’s Progress review – stripped back staging foregrounds the sadness

The black humour was missing from Antony McDonald’s new production of Stravinsky’s neoclassical opera. But Rosie Aldridge’s Baba the Turk, especially, and a strong young cast made for a memorable evening.

The Guardian - UK

LSO/Adès review – Adès’s violin concerto beguiles in Mutter’s silvery sound

The UK premiere of the composer’s concerto written for Anne-Sophie Mutter was placed alongside two of Stravinsky’s ballet scores in this musically rich and vivid concert

The Guardian - UK

Stravinsky: Petrushka; Debussy: Jeux; Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune album review – flat and muted

Despite first-rate playing, the young conductor with the orchestral world at his feet fails to deliver the drama behind the vivid gestures

The Guardian - UK

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Naim’s NSS 333 music streamer weaves a powerful sonic spell.

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The week in classical: LSO/ Rattle; The Rake’s Progress; The Flying Dutchman; Elena Urioste and Tom Poster – review

Dread runs through John Adams’s pulsating new ‘short symphony’; Stravinsky’s Rake has plenty of company at ETO; Bryn Terfel returns as the mythical Dutchman; and two lockdown favourites bring the house down

The Guardian - UK

The Rake's Progress at Hackney Empire review: a hectic revival that has ransacked the dressing-up box

Beyond the jumble of ideas, this is a thoughtful production of Stravinski’s opera

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The Guardian - UK

The Rake’s Progress review – stylisation tips towards surrealism in ETO’s staging of Stravinsky parable

Polly Graham’s new staging benefits from consistently fine singing as the indolent Tom Rakewell and the demonic Nick Shadow clash

The Guardian - UK

Giselle; Les Noces: The Departure review – the shock of the old

English National Ballet dance Mary Skeaping’s 70s reworking of the classic ballet with loving care, while Stravinsky’s revolutionary Les Noces holds its own in an ambitious reworking

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“Even though I go off on a tangent sometimes, I think he appreciates the melodic aspect I bring to the John Hackett Band”: Guitarist Nick Fletcher indulges himself on solo instrumental Quadrivium

Jazz rocker explores modes, plaintive tones and mysticism on his album, featuring old bandmate Dave Bainbridge

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Les Noces – The Departure review: absorbingly renewed marriage bonds

On a catwalk-like stage, the ambitious New Movement Collective celebrate Stravinsky’s peasant wedding with a twist, adding fresh musical compositions to ramp up the atmosphere

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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto album review – neoclassical Stravinsky with style and substance

The Apollo ballet and the Violin concerto are the lead works in this collection recorded by conductor Andrew Davis and violinist James Ehnes

The Hindu

Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky and Ultimate Striker shine

Explore Riaz Babu's horses exercising in Bengaluru with Double Scotch, Amazing Attraction, Stravinsky & Ultimate Striker shining.

The Guardian - UK

BSO/Karabits/Kim review – new name, new look and new sound heralds bright future for Bristol

What was formerly Colston Hall reopened with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits on blazing form

The Guardian - UK

Berg: Wozzeck; Stravinsky: Capriccio album review – commemorating an ardent champion of European music

Recordings from the 40s, made available for the first time, feature postwar stars Heinrich Nillius and Suzanne Danco, their voices techincally impressive to this day

The Hindu

Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excel

Victoria Punch, Stravinsky, Champions Way and Michigan Melody excelled when the horses were exercised in Bengaluru on Thursday morning (Nov 9)

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Art Gallery, Art Of Romance and Fast Pace shine

Art Gallery, Art Of Romance & Fast Pace shone in exercise at Bengaluru. Kalamitsi, Invincible, Dreamfield, Air Display, Nevada Gold, Ultimate Chance, Domina, Granpar, Jersey King, Anzac Parade, Phoenomenon, Wonder Woman, English Bay, Stravinsky, Victoria Punch all moved well. Fast Pace showed attractive movement.

The Hindu

Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden and River Of Gold shine

Shubankar, Touch Of Grey, Mighty Zo, Elveden & River Of Gold shone in exercise. Outer sand: 600m: Del Mar 42, Elfin Knight 44.5. 1000m: Elveden 1-13.5, Phoenix Surprise 1-16.5, 2-y-o's 1-15 & 1-16.5. 1200m: Victoria Punch, Sunlit Path 1-31.5, Mighty Zo 1-25, Shubankar 1-28. 1400m: Aldgate 1-46, Anadale 1-45, Ruling…

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