‘Spectacular throughout’: OUO at the Sheldonian- review
"The Sheldonian Theatre was treated on Saturday of 4th week to a display by some of the University’s best musical talent."
Bodleian Bangers: Alan Rusbridger
"If you want 45 minutes of music to die to, surely it's last bit of Act I of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro - as good as any 45 minutes of music." Alan Rusbridger, LMH Principal and former Guardian Editor-In-Chief, is the first to feature in Music's new series, Bodleian Bangers.
Notes on Improvisation
Improvisation is a strange topic to think about. On the surface, it seems to be fairly simple: know the chord progression to follow, choose...
Historical Opera: A Primer
The ancient Greeks were so moved by music that
in their mythological conception, the father of songs, Orpheus, could move even
the rocks. In less fanciful...
STOP USING MAX RICHTER’S “ON THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT” IN EVERYTHING
Our favorite songs are fecund pleasures, increasing in affectivity and growing with us over time, like a reliable friendship. But, if you dilute the...
Interview: David Harrington
Founder and Artistic Director of the Kronos Quartet David Harrington on contemporary music, collaboration and legacy
Classical music’s illusions
Lauren Hill discusses the captivating, and yet illusory effects of performing music at a point where music education is under threat
