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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Christo (1935-2020) - 'Beauty, science and art will alw...
The death of Christo, aged 84, was announced on Sunday, marking the end of a visionary and flamboyant artistic career. Best known for huge,...
Stephen Hough/Lucy Crowe, Anna Tilbrook, Wigmore Hall online...
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Shutdown: The Virus That Changed Our World, Sky Documentarie...
It’s too early for a definitive account of the Covid-19 pandemic, and this was very much a...
First Person: Gabriel Prokofiev on 14 years of his Concerto...
For most people a turntable, or record player is used to play back old vinyls bought from a market or second hand store, or perhaps a carefully...
DVD/Blu-ray: Parasite
So what exactly is all the fuss about? For those of us from a cinema-deprived area, it’s been a long wait for the homevideo release of this much...
Philharmonia, Channel 4 review - death on the podium
Great idea to use a symphony orchestra as the basis for a TV drama, because all of human life is there. Not to mention death, since this...
Album: Sonic Boom - All Things Being Equal
Experiencing All Things Being Equal is akin to taking a trip through The Time Tunnel. Although the songs and the recordings on...
Matthew Kneale: Pilgrims review – adventures on the road to...
Some things really never change. After a blatant cheat perpetrated by a well-connected lout, one of the humblest pilgrims in Matthew Kneale’s band...
Moyra Davey: Index Cards review – fragments of the artist
Moyra Davey’s biographical note, included in Fitzcarraldo Editions’ copy of Index Cards, describes “a...
Reissue CDs Weekly: Edikanfo - The Pace Setters
Ghana was visited by two British musicians in the early Eighties. One was Mick Fleetwood, who recorded the Visitor album in Accra during...