Patricia Cumper

Articles By Patricia Cumper

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 Read more...

I sympathised with the prosecuting barrister when she put it to the...

This winter's evening spent at Wigmore Hall, completely immersed in performances of songs by Tchaikovsky, was a delight.

Mezzo-soprano...

The lengthy ovation Chris and Rosie Ramsey received when they walked on stage at the...

Christmas albums can traditionally be slippery beasts with a whole host of quality control issues. This is not unlike the compilation albums that...

The shadow of the cross falls over James MacMillan’s manger. You may come for his work’s consoling, even transporting, beauty and mystery. It’s...

Measure for Measure may be the quintessential Shakespeare “problem” play, but just what has earned it that epithet remains a puzzle. Each...

Manchester’s oldest chamber orchestra has been gathering a new audience at the Stoller Hall in Chetham’s School of Music since that auditorium...

The energy of Antony Sher, who has died at the age of 72,...

Just as love's downward spiral can deconstruct a lover's sense of self, so SJS's plangent post-modern prog deconstructs itself as it ebbs and...

The picture seen above doesn’t have quite the same resonance as Art Kane’s 1958 shot A Great Day in Harlem which brought 57 American jazz...