http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/rick_jones en http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/11/schnittke-archive-music-series http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/11/schnittke-archive-music-series Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT Rick Jones Rick Jones discovers a forgotten genius of 20th-century music

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/08/haydn-piano-composers-world http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/08/haydn-piano-composers-world Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:40:53 GMT Rick Jones Rick Jones joins composers from around the world to celebrate Haydn’s legacy – and see his two skulls

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/08/purcell-act-shakespeare http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/08/purcell-act-shakespeare Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:03:59 GMT Rick Jones Purcell’s adaptation of Shakespeare is a triumph of style over substance

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/07/violin-concertos-mozart-kremer http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/07/violin-concertos-mozart-kremer Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:37:36 GMT Rick Jones This recording for Nonesuch captures the restlessness of the young Mozart

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/04/youth-orchestra-venezuela http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2009/04/youth-orchestra-venezuela Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT Rick Jones Venezuela’s thrilling youth ensemble proves to be far more than a novelty act

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/03/john-adams-opera-london-bomb http://www.newstatesman.com/theatre/2009/03/john-adams-opera-london-bomb Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:28:44 GMT Rick Jones The drama of John Adams’s nuclear opera is lost in theorems Doctor Atomic London Coliseum, WC2

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2009/01/surgery-deep-sawer-north-wife http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2009/01/surgery-deep-sawer-north-wife Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:58:05 GMT Rick Jones An opera about cosmetic surgery is witty, but lacks genuine feeling Skin Deep Opera North, Leeds

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/das-wochenende-schlink-germany http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/das-wochenende-schlink-germany Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:31 GMT Rick Jones Das Wochenende Bernhard Schlink Diogenes Verlag, 240pp, €18.90

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/10/opening-festival-london-hall http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/10/opening-festival-london-hall Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:29:41 GMT Rick Jones Messiaen and others give London's new concert venue an auspicious launch Opening Festival Kings Place, London N1

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/09/beethoven-festival-germany http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/09/beethoven-festival-germany Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:52:02 GMT Rick Jones The Beethoven Festival in Bonn has a history of being misused for political ends. This year, the organisers have confronted its troubled past

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