David Nice
Bio
David writes, lectures and broadcasts on music. A former music critic for The Guardian and The Sunday Correspondent, he is a regular voice on BBC Radio 3. He has written short studies on Elgar, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and the history of opera, and is currently working on the second volume of his Prokofiev biography for Yale University Press. He runs his own lecture series, Opera in Depth, at the Frontline Club in Paddington.
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Bodyguard, BBC One, series finale review - gripping entertai...
And breathe. Bodyguard – not, as even some careless BBC broadcasters keep calling it, "The Bodyguard" – careered to a conclusion as if...
Lammermuir Festival 2018 review - a bigger buzz
There’s always been something of a buzz in the air at East Lothian’s Lammermuir...
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne review - muc...
Heir to one of this country's great textile manufacturing firms, Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) – highly original in his then unfashionable...
CD: Rod Stewart - Blood Red Roses
Rod Stewart continues to hit the spot: he never fails to deliver well-crafted music that draws from the wide range of styles that he clearly loves...
Neil MacGregor: Living with the Gods review - focuses of bel...
Dip in, dip out, argue, agree and disagree: Living with the Gods is the newest manifestation of a rich multimedia format that keeps on...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Bobbie Gentry
In 2016, a writer from The Washington Post thought they had found Bobbie Gentry. After announcing their presence via the entry phone...
Lavinia Greenlaw: In the City of Love’s Sleep review - curat...
Iris is a museum conservator with a pair of pre-adolescent daughters and a failing...
CD: Tim Hecker - Konoyo
It may be mean to say, but it seems sadness agrees with Tim Hecker. The Canadian has been a mainstay of the global experimental music world almost...
The Little Stranger review - the wrong sort of chills
Domnhall Gleeson needs to watch it. In Goodbye Christopher Robin he played AA Milne, the creator of Pooh and co. To achieve the correct...