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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Giri/Haji, BBC Two review - inspired Anglo-Japanese thriller...
Well here’s an interesting one. We’ve been up to our eyebrows in Eurocops for the past few years, but this Anglo-Japanese fusion from...
[Blank], Donmar Warehouse review - strong but dispiriting
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Non-Fiction - adultery spices up digitisation drama
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Ehnes, Hallé, Gabel, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester review - h...
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CD: Allah-Las - LAHS
It’s unfortunate that LAHS’s opening track is titled “Holding Pattern” as the album only achieves lift off with its ninth cut “Light...
Zombieland: Double Tap review - dead dull redo
Another unnecessary sequel: we’re used to this sort of thing. The film knows it, too, as lead dork Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) meekly thanks the...
The Struts, O2 Forum Kentish Town review - a masterclass in...
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Dariescu, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Simonov, Symphony H...
It remains some of the most terrifying music ever written....
Richard Hawley, Barrowland, Glasgow - black clad crooner...
When Richard Hawley arrived onstage, he had a confession to make. “I like to talk”, he declared, before adding “and play rock n’ roll”. Both were...