Jonathan Wikeley
Bio
Jonathan is the editor of Early Music Today and an editor of Piano magazine and The Singer. He also writes for Classical Music, Music Teacher, Opera Now and Choir and Organ.
Articles By Jonathan Wikeley
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theartsdesk on Vinyl 86: Molly Tuttle, Depeche Mode, Pharoah...
VINYL OF THE MONTH
Hannah Scott Absence of Doubt (Fancourt Music)
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Disclaimer, Apple TV+ review - a misfiring revenge saga from...
It seems to be silly season for big-name directors...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera North review - one of the b...
Martin Duncan’s 2008 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream remains one of the best and funniest things Opera North has ever done – back...
Rose Matafeo, Arcola Theatre review - Starstruck star muses...
Rose Matafeo knows how to make an entrance, as she enters the stage with a choreographed dance. She's useless at ending things, she says – shows,...
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, Hatfield House review - mus...
“Sero sed serio”: so runs the Salisbury family motto on the carved coat-of-arms in the lavishly panelled and painted Marble Hall of Hatfield House...
Album: MC5 - Heavy Lifting
MC5 were the original proto-punkers who led the charge against wafty hippy music in the late Sixties and early Seventies. They were touted by...
A Raisin in the Sun, Lyric Hammersmith review - of race and...
Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun is not only the first play by a black woman to premiere on Broadway, back in 1959, but it’s also...
Salem’s Lot review - listless King remake
A boy’s dead friend scratching at his first-floor window, Nosferatu-like vampire Barlow rearing up with heart attack shock…The Texas Chain Saw...
Music Reissues Weekly: Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
In 2022, Spritualized’s Jason Pierce described his musical goal as "trying to find somewhere between Arvo Pärt and The Stooges.” Amongst the most...