David Benedict
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“Why do we come to concerts?” asks Brett Anderson, Suede’s ringmaster and vocalist, before launching into an acoustic version of “The Wild Ones”...

What are the qualities that make a great conductor? It’s...

Depeche Mode’s Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who died in May last year, was generally held to contribute to the dynamic of the band more than the music...
Shimmeringly urbane, shifting effortlessly from intricate agility to muscular intensity, the music of the 18th century composer Joseph Bologne is...

Collaboration fuels a lot of my music – I love the interaction that takes me outside of my natural tendencies – it’s a source of...

“Learn to Burn” generates the loudest and most sustained applause. As it was originally the opening track of Robert Forster’s 2015 album Songs...

There’s a disconnect on the third album by Brighton rockers Black Honey. The music is rousing post-grunge indie...

Nearly 40 years old, Andrei Serban’s Royal Opera Turandot feels like a gilded relic (I felt like a relic myself on learning that my...

Two women featured prominently in this programme; the one a composer and the other a conductor.
To the composer first. Long before she hit...

The Beasts (As Bestas) is all of two hours and 17 minutes long, and yet to look away is never an option. ...