Music

I can’t get no Satiesfaction

9 July 2016 9:00 am

After peaking at around the tenth instalment, birthday celebrations get progressively less interesting, for their subjects at least. I remember…

I can’t get no Satiesfaction

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

After peaking at around the tenth instalment, birthday celebrations get progressively less interesting, for their subjects at least. I remember…

I can’t get no Satiesfaction

7 July 2016 1:00 pm

After peaking at around the tenth instalment, birthday celebrations get progressively less interesting, for their subjects at least. I remember…

War on want

4 June 2016 9:00 am

Radiohead have been at the top of the musical tree for so long now that it’s easy to forget what…

War on want

2 June 2016 1:00 pm

Radiohead have been at the top of the musical tree for so long now that it’s easy to forget what…

War on want

2 June 2016 1:00 pm

Radiohead have been at the top of the musical tree for so long now that it’s easy to forget what…

Unsung hero

14 May 2016 9:00 am

One of the greatest choral symphonies of the 20th century, entitled Das Siegeslied (Psalm of Victory), has been heard only…

Unsung hero

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

One of the greatest choral symphonies of the 20th century, entitled Das Siegeslied (Psalm of Victory), has been heard only…

Unsung hero

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

One of the greatest choral symphonies of the 20th century, entitled Das Siegeslied (Psalm of Victory), has been heard only…

Last words

7 May 2016 9:00 am

This, my 479th, is to be my last contribution as a regular columnist to The Spectator. I have written here…

Last words

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

This, my 479th, is to be my last contribution as a regular columnist to The Spectator. I have written here…

Last words

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

This, my 479th, is to be my last contribution as a regular columnist to The Spectator. I have written here…

Modernist cul-de-sac

9 April 2016 9:00 am

The intransigence of Maxwell Davies, Boulez and Stockhausen is coming home to roost. Here were three composers, famous if not…

Modernist cul-de-sac

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

The intransigence of Maxwell Davies, Boulez and Stockhausen is coming home to roost. Here were three composers, famous if not…

Modernist cul-de-sac

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

The intransigence of Maxwell Davies, Boulez and Stockhausen is coming home to roost. Here were three composers, famous if not…

Organic chemistry

13 February 2016 9:00 am

My old Oxford college, Mansfield, isn’t a famous establishment, though its current principal, ‘Baroness Helena Kennedy’, as she incorrectly styles…

Organic chemistry

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

My old Oxford college, Mansfield, isn’t a famous establishment, though its current principal, ‘Baroness Helena Kennedy’, as she incorrectly styles…

Organic chemistry

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

My old Oxford college, Mansfield, isn’t a famous establishment, though its current principal, ‘Baroness Helena Kennedy’, as she incorrectly styles…

A musician plays in the lobby of the Regal hotel in Hong Kong. Photo: Lucas Schifres/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Sound and fury

30 January 2016 9:00 am

No one is consulted. No one is held to account. No one has the authority to turn it off. How…

A musician plays in the lobby of the Regal hotel in Hong Kong. Photo: Lucas Schifres/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Sound and fury

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

No one is consulted. No one is held to account. No one has the authority to turn it off. How…

A musician plays in the lobby of the Regal hotel in Hong Kong. Photo: Lucas Schifres/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Sound and fury

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

No one is consulted. No one is held to account. No one has the authority to turn it off. How…

Age concern

23 January 2016 9:00 am

Daniel Barenboim back at the Festival Hall! Cue The Grand March of the Musical Luvvies Across Hungerford Bridge, a bustling…

Age concern

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Daniel Barenboim back at the Festival Hall! Cue The Grand March of the Musical Luvvies Across Hungerford Bridge, a bustling…

Age concern

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

Daniel Barenboim back at the Festival Hall! Cue The Grand March of the Musical Luvvies Across Hungerford Bridge, a bustling…

Boulez est mort

16 January 2016 9:00 am

Pierre Boulez, who died last week at the age of 90, would have been the last person, one hopes, to…