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Hearing an Othered Wales
Post-war Britain presented an interesting environment when considering ‘Britishness’ in culture. With a recent and decisive victory at...
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Ahilya Murkunde
- Feb 21, 2021
- 4 min
Lockdown Listening: Ahilya
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
Meg Holch
- Feb 16, 2021
- 6 min
Lockdown Listening: Meg
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
Phoebus Kyriakoudis
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
Lockdown Listening: Phoebus
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
Jonathan Davies
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
Lockdown Listening: Jonathan
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
ritafernandes2028
- Feb 7, 2021
- 5 min
Lockdown Listening: Rita
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
Angela Lochmuller
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
Lockdown Listening: Angela
This article is part of our ongoing series 'Lockdown Listening' in which our writers share what they've been listening to during the...
Lynn Sophie Guldin
- Jan 20, 2021
- 6 min
Period Singers: Our Fascination With Boy Trebles in Bach
If you’d like to lose faith in humanity, open the YouTube comments section. Just ask any classical music fan. Nazi trolls under Wagner’s...
ritafernandes2028
- Jan 13, 2021
- 9 min
The Illusion of Progress: A Violinist's Experience of Baroque Techniques
I am not a baroque specialist, and in all honesty, I don't think I ever will be. So, it goes without saying that this article will not be...
Jonathan Davies
- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Intertextuality in 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'
From clowns with tear-away faces to werewolves with teeth ground sharp and glowing red eyes, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas...
ritafernandes2028
- Dec 20, 2020
- 5 min
IT'S NOT TOO LATE: A Go-to List for Online Christmas Concerts!
We all know this year went far from planned, especially for the arts and music world. But it's not too late, there is STILL stuff going...
Jonathan Davies
- Dec 13, 2020
- 6 min
Keeping it Gay: Are Stereotypes Still Okay?
In an average year, the West End is awash with festive theatregoers getting ready to celebrate the holidays with some musical theatre....
Elena Veris Reynolds
- Dec 7, 2020
- 4 min
Online Opera: Performing in a Pandemic
With the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 came the halting of many of the performance industries. Opera was a sector hit...
Erchao Gu
- Nov 29, 2020
- 6 min
2020 via Rimbaud: A Composer's Diary
This blog is about a piece that spans 2020 from its conception in January to its first public performance in December. It is a vocal...
Phoebus Kyriakoudis
- Nov 22, 2020
- 6 min
Rosemary Brown: Transcriber for the Dead
Over the years, we have observed many pieces by famous composers that were mysteriously unearthed from the depths of some abandoned...
Oran Johnson
- Nov 15, 2020
- 6 min
The Ondes Martenot: A History of one of the First Electronic Musical Instruments
Since its invention in 1928, the ondes Martenot has featured in a wide variety of music - from Messiaen to Radiohead.
Samuel Teale Chadwick
- Nov 8, 2020
- 4 min
The 2020 Beethoven Zeitgeist: The Last String Quartets
Our idea of Beethoven is, perhaps appropriately, a romantic and idealised one: the paradox of the cantankerous composer producing music...
ritafernandes2028
- Nov 1, 2020
- 7 min
Flute in Prog Rock: Why so Popular?
A look at two of progressive rock's most prolific bands: Genesis and Jethro Tull, and their oddly common use of the flute.
ritafernandes2028
- Oct 24, 2020
- 8 min
Music History's Indebtedness to Narcissism
From Schoenberg to Wagner, narcissistic personalities have plagued music history. But is that so bad?
Meg Holch
- Oct 18, 2020
- 7 min
Siegfried Idyll: A Pastoral Expression of Love
An intimate birthday gift which turned into a commercial success.
Jonathan Davies
- Oct 11, 2020
- 6 min
What’s Wrong With Isolde? A Feminist Critique of Wagner
The role of Isolde in Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan and Isolde and considered through the lens of Catherine Clement's feminist opera critique.
ritafernandes2028
- Oct 4, 2020
- 5 min
The Cycle: Why We Keep Coming Back
We see it in everything from opera to lieder. What is it about cycles in music that keeps us coming back to them?
Zachary Davies
- Sep 27, 2020
- 5 min
The Concert Hall is Dead
Zachary explores Gould's statement and the importance of live music to the artistic experience.
Meg Holch
- Sep 20, 2020
- 6 min
Turkey’s Refugee Music Scene
Did you know that American Country music was born out of their civil war? I hadn’t made the connection. A genre typified by its...
Phoebus Kyriakoudis
- Sep 13, 2020
- 6 min
Performance and Technology in a Socially Distanced World
Pondering upon the issues the past six months have brought to ensemble performance, inspired by a collaborative pianist's experience.
Natalka Pasicznyk
- Sep 6, 2020
- 4 min
Vocal Tiredness: When to Let Go
In this blog, Natalka discusses a few methods to maintain healthy practice habits for vocal health.
Ng Yu Hng
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
20th Century Forms: Stockhausen and Xenakis
Rethinking goal-oriented musical forms in the 20th century.
ritafernandes2028
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
"Geotonality": Hearing Covid-19
Rita Fernandes / Imagine being able to hear and see a pandemic...