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The age of Enlightenment

  • 23 April 2009

Venezuela’s thrilling youth ensemble proves to be far more than a novelty act

Blinded by the light

  • 12 March 2009

The drama of John Adams’s nuclear opera is lost in theorems
Doctor Atomic
London Coliseum, WC2

­Plastic not so fantastic

  • 22 January 2009

An opera about cosmetic surgery is witty, but lacks genuine feeling
Skin Deep
Opera North, Leeds

Germanic timing

  • 11 December 2008

Das Wochenende
Bernhard Schlink
Diogenes Verlag, 240pp, €18.90

A fight of titans

  • 09 October 2008

Messiaen and others give London's new concert venue an auspicious launch
Opening Festival Kings Place, London N1

Facing the music

  • 11 September 2008

The Beethoven Festival in Bonn has a history of being misused for political ends. This year, the organisers have confronted its troubled past

The thrill of the chase

  • 31 July 2008

Rachmaninov is safe in the hands of this Russian soloist, bar the nervous start
Prom 10: BBC Philharmonic
Royal Albert Hall, London SW7

We are all Cretans

  • 24 April 2008

Birtwistle's new work is austere and challenges human nature head-on
The Minotaur
Royal Opera House, London WC2

A god among mortals

  • 14 February 2008

Feats of expression and memory from a showman and living phenomenon
Daniel Barenboim: Beethoven Piano Sonata Cycle
Royal Festival Hall, London SE1

Emotional landscapes

  • 31 January 2008

Is the world finally ready for the extraordinary, passionate music of Olivier Messiaen?

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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