INSIGHTFUL SENSE
Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty and Truth by A. O. Scott. Penguin, 291pp (available from Amazon)
Jack Buckley
The Potency of Medea
United Kingdom Medea, Written in Rage (by Jean René Lemoine, translated and directed for the stage by Neil Bartlett): music and sound design by Phil Von, costumes by Mr Pearl and featuring François Testory. And What? Queer. Arts. Festival at The Place, London, 5.10.2017. (JB)
Max Davies Final Notes
United Kingdom Schubert, Bach, Davies, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky: Dejan Bogdanovich (violin) and Gabrielle Maria Vianello (piano), Kings Place, Hall One. 28.9.2017. (JB)
TRY THIS: AUDACITY AS ENTERTAINMENT
Try this:
Audacity as Entertainment
James Hawes’s 2007 Film about the Life of Marie Lloyd
The Folly of Sondheim’s Follies
United Kingdom Sondheim, Follies: at the Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, 7.8.2017. (JB)
Involvement versus Mimicry
United Kingdom Verdi, Massenet, Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Rossini, Mozart: Artists of The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / David Syrus, James Hendry, Matthew Scott Rogers (conductors). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 16.7.2017. (JB)
Francesca Chiejina (Suzel) & Thomas Atkins (Fritz) © ROH/Clive Barda
The National Theatre Dares You to Engage with This Show
Angels in America at the National Theatre
in Angels in America (c) Helen Maybanks
Beatrice Rana plays the Goldberg Variations
Italy Bach: Beatrice Rana (piano), Sala Sinopoli at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 15.3.2017. (JB)
