http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-2578-harrison-birtwistle/topic-rss.do Harrison Birtwistle RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23733145-harrison-birtwistles-brilliance-is-unmasked-at-proms.do Placing Harrison Birtwistle alongside Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood is eccentric, even perverse programming but that’s what the Proms are for 2009-08-17T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23724448-self-portrait-of-a-composer-in-proms.do Fast-moving passages left the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC National Chorus of Wales, superbly drilled and finely tuned. 2009-07-26T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23707635-semper-dowland-and-the-corridor-open-aldeburgh.do The 62nd Aldeburgh Festival inhabits familiar territory with The Corridor. 2009-06-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/travel/article-23706395-the-brudenell-is-a-classical-coastal-delight.do From the home of the Aldeburgh Festival comes a mix of Enid Blyton-era seaside holidays and chattering-class comfort 2009-06-11T10:08:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23698829-pick-of-the-proms---from-bollywood-to-barenboim.do No other festival offers so much for so little money. Here is a round-up of the concerts not to be missed as part of this year's Proms festival. 2009-05-26T11:35:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23682631-making-a-song-and-dance-of-mussorgsky.do A gaunt young actor is staggering about the chalked-up floor of a rehearsal room, a vodka bottle to his lips 2009-04-29T10:27:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23673482-welcome-to-the-slumdog-proms.do The Proms are going to Bollywood with a day dedicated entirely to Indian music culminating in a Bollywood song and dance extravaganza 2009-04-08T07:28:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23609439-the-best-of-the-best.do Who do the experts consider to be the actor, dancer, playwright or conductor at the very top of their game? We asked our critics to give their highly subjective views. 2008-12-30T11:47:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23578855-mark-pamore-and-britten-sinfonia-provide-brilliance.do The evening was devised by tenor Mark Padmore who is gaining a parallel reputation as a programme maker of imagination and perception. 2008-10-28T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23523410-etvs-is-the-modern-music-man.do After a space shuttle concerto and a psalm about Frank Zappa, next month Peter Eötvös will unveil his new Márquez opera at Glyndebourne. 2008-07-30T11:08:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23498602-musical-adventure-at-aldeburgh-festival.do The audienceat the Aldeburgh Festival sat enthralled, as if collectively stunned by a most Gallic coup de foudre. 2008-06-23T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23480863-there-will-be-blood.do The Minotaur is the operatic equivalent of Joy Division or Scott Walker at their bleakest, says Richard Godwin. 2008-04-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23479462-the-knockout-punch.do With an impeccable cast and bold staging, Harrison Birtwistle's Punch and Judy has been restored with pugnacious vitality at the Young Vic. 2008-04-20T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23479079-the-magical-madness-of-my-boyhood-hero-waugh.do There have been plenty of arts events this week, as every week. The Orange Prize for Women's Fiction unleashed its shortlist. Harrison Birtwistle's opera about the poor old Minotaur was premiered. A bit of an exhibition about James Bond opened. The RSC put on the History Plays at the Roundhouse 2008-04-18T08:16:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23478696-the-minotaurs-monster-performance.do Set to a powerful text by poet David Harsent, Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s brilliant new Minotaur storms into life for its world premiere at the Royal Opera House. 2008-04-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23475648-no-bull-the-covent-garden-monster.do Standing more than 11ft tall, from today he will dominate the entrance to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden 2008-04-08T08:23:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23457813-punch-and-judy-for-adults.do The Royal Opera House's revived production of Harrison Birtwistle's Punch and Judy is a triumph, says Barry Millington. 2008-03-18T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23454067-modern-masters-show-their-style.do Any doubts that contemporary British music is alive and well would have been reassured by the indispensable Nash Ensemble. 2008-03-13T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23453372-its-an-opera-mash-up.do English National Opera is joining forces with the Young Vic to create a new kind of opera out of a film by David Lynch. Something as bold as this could work only in London, says its director Diane Paulus. 2008-03-12T16:41:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23430752-the-hottest-tickets-for-the-year-ahead.do From Kylie Minogue and masterpieces of Impressionism to an invasion of Chinese dance companies, the next 12 months will be a treat for London's arts lovers. 2008-01-04T11:10:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23426791-composers-don-disguises.do The Britten Sinfonia's performance was precise and danceable, where shared pleasure in music-making was worth more than merely superficial gloss. 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23406559-a-jittery-and-fast-late-night-prom.do Ivan Volkov enjoyed an enterprising programme with the BBC Singers, while the late night Prom from London Sinfonietta was a dazzling affair. 2007-07-31T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23391488-hytners-back-in-an-epic-season-at-covent-garden.do Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season. 2007-04-04T10:30:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23388159-rattle-traces-some-great-inspiration.do With two giants of British music-making coming together, it is little surprise the Barbican Hall audience was treated to a glorious concert. 2007-03-08T00:00:00Z