Author Archives: Alexandra Coghlan
Prospect Recommends: The best classical music this month
Catch up on the best of classical music this month
Prospect recommends: the best classical music this month
Catch up with amazing music
Prospect recommends: the best classical music this month
Catch up with amazing music
Philip Glass: the popular radical
Forty years ago the composer Philip Glass’s minimalist aesthetic made him a radical outsider. Now he is one of modern classical music’s bestselling artists.
Prospect recommends: The best concerts and festivals this month
The best concerts, performances and recordings this month
Donizetti’s Three Queens at the Welsh National Opera
Bel canto and Tudor history make a deep and intoxicating mix
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
A lament for our time
Model modern satire
Gilbert and Sullivan’s best works fit perfectly into the 21st century
Charming and challenging
London’s “second” opera house is a source of refreshing innovation
Friend or foe?
Electronic music is not the enemy of classical music
The sound of Australia
With their mohawks, love of surfing and unusual repertoire the musicians of the Australian Chamber Orchestra stand out—but, argues Alexandra Coghlan, they are interested in music, not gimmicks
