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Culture
The art of rapprochement: what the Havana Biennale reveals about thawing Cuba-US relations
How symbolism and happiness are captured in joint American-Cuban cultural endeavours.

By Rick Jones
01 June
Culture
Voices from the deep
Rick Jones marvels at how Britten and Forster's work has lost none of its power.
By Rick Jones
11 June
Culture
Eastern promise
Rick Jones meets a Russian conductor who has set the classical world alight.
By Rick Jones
19 April
Culture
The Rake's Progress
To the madhouse
By Rick Jones
28 January
Culture
Alfred Schnittke Archive
Rick Jones discovers a forgotten genius of 20th-century music
By Rick Jones
05 November
Culture
Heads will roll
Rick Jones joins composers from around the world to celebrate Haydn’s legacy – and see his two skul
By Rick Jones
20 August
Culture
The Fairy Queen
Purcell’s adaptation of Shakespeare is a triumph of style over substance
By Rick Jones
30 July
Culture
Mozart: the Complete Violin Concertos
This recording for Nonesuch captures the restlessness of the young Mozart
By Rick Jones
16 July
Culture
The age of Enlightenment
Venezuela’s thrilling youth ensemble proves to be far more than a novelty act
By Rick Jones
23 April
Culture
Blinded by the light
The drama of John Adams’s nuclear opera is lost in theorems Doctor Atomic Lon
By Rick Jones
12 March

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