http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/guy_dammann en http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/08/music-love-ensemble http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/08/music-love-ensemble Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:07:15 GMT Guy Dammann A new collaboration between scientists and the Nash Ensemble hopes to shed light on how our brains respond to music, and why we love it.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/2009/07/proms-music-wood-newman-season http://www.newstatesman.com/2009/07/proms-music-wood-newman-season Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:29:42 GMT Guy Dammann Criticised by both right and left, the Proms are nonetheless an annual institution that stays true to its founders’ democratic ideals

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/03/production-salome-opera-london http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/03/production-salome-opera-london Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Guy Dammann McVicar's heroine inspires loathing and lust in a brutally explicit production Salome Royal Opera House, London WC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2007/06/beethoven-fidelio-freedom http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2007/06/beethoven-fidelio-freedom Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Guy Dammann Beethoven's Fidelio is a hymn to liberty, but it was adopted enthusiastically by Marxists and Nazis alike

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