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Books & Arts
Out of the shadows
Andrew Ford
8 May 2018
Music
| Peggy Seeger is a remarkable talent in her own right
From the archive
Hearing voices
Andrew Ford
9 April 2018
Van Morrison has it, Gladys Knight has it, and so does Aretha Franklin. Somehow Nick Coleman captures it on the page
Books & Arts
The talent of Lili Boulanger
Andrew Ford
7 March 2018
Despite her early death, the French composer left a remarkable legacy
Books & Arts
More Melbourne Recital Centre than Bird’s Basement
Andrew Ford
13 February 2018
Music
| Pianist Andrea Keller’s new work might or might not be jazz, but it’s certainly poetic
Essays & Reportage
“Okay. Let’s make some music”
Peter Mares
22 January 2018
Youth homelessness is more than a question of affordable accommodation. A new project shows how music can play an unexpected role
From the archive
The destiny of Eileen Joyce
Andrew Ford
27 December 2017
Despite her international fame, the Tasmanian-born pianist’s career was cut short by a conservative musical establishment
Books & Arts
Wild conjecture
Andrew Ford
11 December 2017
Want to think anew about Mozart? Try Geoffrey Lancaster’s latest recording
Books & Arts
The play’s the thing
Andrew Ford
14 November 2017
Music
| The remarkable career of composer Elena Kats-Chernin, who has just turned sixty
Books & Arts
Who, and what, is a composer?
Andrew Ford
24 October 2017
Music
| Do you simply need to say that’s what you do?
Books & Arts
Letting go
Andrew Ford
25 September 2017
Music
| “Improvise” and “embellish” can be alarming words for a classically trained composer
Books & Arts
The audacity of authenticity
Andrew Ford
29 August 2017
Music
| What makes a composer courageous?
Books & Arts
Rock of ages
Andrew Ford
27 July 2017
Rock music doesn’t just have classics in the sense of “golden oldies,” it has become a body of work
Books & Arts
Memory lane
Andrew Ford
3 July 2017
Popular music can be hard to separate from our recollections
Books & Arts
Tragic performers
Andrew Ford
15 June 2017
Music
| The music’s not always the thing in the classical concert hall
Books & Arts
Blueprints for listening
Andrew Ford
11 May 2017
Music
| Is reading music elitist? Only if we stop teaching it
Books & Arts
Making it through the waves
Jock Given
18 April 2017
Books
| Joni Mitchell’s decades aren’t done yet
Books & Arts
Rhiannon Giddens and the folk arts
Andrew Ford
10 April 2017
Music
| A new generation of musicians has returned to folk music for inspiration
Books & Arts
Grooving but not moving
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2017
Festivals
| At Port Fairy, forty-plus years of tradition is on display
Books & Arts
Abandonment postponed
Andrew Ford
7 March 2017
Music
|
Headlong
was meant to be a celebration of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s seventy-fifth birthday, but something seemed wrong
Books & Arts
At the borders of the public domain
Andrew Ford
16 February 2017
Should we borrow, steal – or even beg for – other cultures’ music?
Books & Arts
The clarity of Maurizio Pollini
Andrew Ford
12 January 2017
Music
| What makes the distinguished Italian pianist different?
Books & Arts
The uses of music
Andrew Ford
5 December 2016
Music
| Something unique happens at the intersection of music, ideas and life
Books & Arts
A little knowledge
Andrew Ford
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Books & Arts
What we talk about when we talk about music
Andrew Ford
17 October 2016
Despite the doubters, it
is
possible to talk about music. And the conversations can be revealing
Books & Arts
Haydn and the powdered wig
Andrew Ford
7 September 2016
Music
|
Andrew Ford
discovers the unimportance of style
Books & Arts
It’s too late to stop Van Morrison
Andrew Ford
9 August 2016
Music
| After a run of ho-hum albums, it’s good news for fans, says
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
Schwarzkopf and the Nazis
Andrew Ford
5 July 2016
How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work?
Books & Arts
Cruel beauty
Andrew Ford
2 June 2016
Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
The baritone’s party piece
Andrew Ford
10 May 2016
Music
| Each singer must find his own voice for Peter Maxwell Davies’s best-known work, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
Raising the standards
Andrew Ford
6 April 2016
Music
| The jazz standard ain’t what it used to be, writes
Andrew Ford
. In the case of Bill Frisell’s new album, that’s definitely a good thing
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