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...One of the strengths of the opera is how much Britten kept of Thomas Mann’s original novella, on the surface the semi-autobiographical story of Aschenbach, an ageing writer, and his obsession with a boy...
...Bush Sr was defeated by Bill Clinton; Thomas Jefferson ejected Adams; Ronald Reagan trounced Carter; and JFK, who was murdered after barely 1,000 days in office, was followed by his vice-president, Lyndon...
...One of the stars alongside Tom Cruise in this year’s box office hit Top Gun: Maverick is the hypersonic fighter jet SR-72 Darkstar....
...It culminates in an apostrophe to Tadzio, the enigmatic symbol of young male perfection in Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, and its music is sensuous, yearning, with exotic echoes of Bali, which Vivier had...
...There was a flurry of recordings of Beethoven’s symphonies last year to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, but this cycle, from conductor-composer Thomas Adès and the Britten Sinfonia, also...
...The main event, though, was his 45-minute chamber opera In the Locked Room (2012), based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. Although it was performed in concert here, the opera wove a palpable spell....
...Whatever the result, this is a remarkable turnaround for a family who were pariahs (albeit very rich ones) when Marcos Sr was ousted in 1986....
...Two of the most popular English works of all time — Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis — fall into this category....
...If something other than Easter music is sought for the holiday weekend, try Thomas Adès’s 50th birthday concert with the London Symphony Orchestra....
...Thomas Elwin is impressively secure as the tenor in the Tippett and Katie Stevenson an expressive mezzo in the Britten....
...Rockefeller, Sr. (1998) by Ron Chernow: “In these days of great angst about the free market, I recommend this captivating biography of an archetypical capitalist, who built a storied fortune on hard work...
...A couple of years ago Thomas Adès gave a series of recitals featuring the major works for piano by Janáček....
...Mr Johnson’s spokesperson said he was “continuing his recovery, which is at an early stage”, and added that the prime minister remained in “very good spirits” while at St Thomas’ Hospital in London....
...Originally staged at the Bregenz Festival last year, Thomas Larcher’s first opera is not explicitly inspired by Britten....
...Previous hypersonic aircraft had relied on rocket engine technology, Mr Thomas said....
...There is a firm trio of officers, sung by Thomas Oliemans, David Soar and Peter Kellner....
...Wigglesworth and the Britten Sinfonia gave nimble-footed performances of all and leader Thomas Gould played to fine solo effect in the Tchaikovsky. AAAEE bbc.co.uk/proms...
...This June, Larcher travels to Aldeburgh, Benjamin Britten’s home town on England’s east coast, where, in addition to curating part of the Aldeburgh Festival, he will oversee the UK premiere of his opera...
...Zero’s latest, the flagship SR/F, retails for £20,990, but entry to the range starts with the £11,490 FXS, with one of the most popular bikes being the £16,590 DSR Black Forest that’s designed for on- and...
...Over the past few years Thomas Adès has increasingly been appearing as a conductor....
...From a diabolic romp to a macabre caricature, Thomas Adès led the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in portraits of death across three centuries....
...Britten’s Spring Symphony is different again....
...Alongside, there have been notable one-off successes such as Mark-Anthony Turnage’s sassy Anna Nicole, Thomas Adès’s extravagant The Exterminating Angel and George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (even Osborne...
...Erin Wall, Judit Kutasi, Russell Thomas and Franz-Josef Selig were the adequate soloists....
...As both a pianist and a conductor, Thomas Adès has already displayed his appreciation of a wide range of music. To embark on a cycle of the Beethoven symphonies, though, is a special challenge....
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