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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:32:07 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:43:42 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/arts/music http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/arts/music http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/df02068a-565e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Angel Lam’s opera makes serious points but tries too hard to please, writes Ken Smith Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:32:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/df02068a-565e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product df02068a-565e-11e1-b548-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1458cf3e-566a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The Atlanta heavy metal band gave an intense display of dark riffs and crushing choruses, writes Ludovic Hunter-Tilney Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:29:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1458cf3e-566a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 1458cf3e-566a-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bedb4980-5635-11e1-8dfa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Director Renée Auphan’s championing of forgotten French opera is to be applauded. But not in this case, writes Francis Carlin Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:00:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bedb4980-5635-11e1-8dfa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product bedb4980-5635-11e1-8dfa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1238d656-5668-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Restraint was the key to this thoughtful piano performance, writes Richard Fairman Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:51:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1238d656-5668-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 1238d656-5668-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8e63e4a8-562e-11e1-8dfa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The tale-telling is not as sharp as it could be, but ENO has assembled a strong cast for Offenbach’s comic opera Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:19:54 GMT 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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3704953a-531e-11e1-950d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Pianist Stephen Hough is a perfectionist and delight in precision makes him closer to the standard virtuoso in Liszt, writes Richard Fairman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:14:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3704953a-531e-11e1-950d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 3704953a-531e-11e1-950d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/291e5344-5183-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Hannah Nepil braves a Nordic winter for Geilo’s annual IceMusic festival and witnesses the baptism of a chilly cello Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:13:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/291e5344-5183-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 291e5344-5183-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/46b6d0d2-5248-11e1-a155-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The Canadian pianist offered a bird’s-eye view of two centuries of virtuoso piano composition, writes Richard Fairman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/46b6d0d2-5248-11e1-a155-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 46b6d0d2-5248-11e1-a155-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e1a8a7c0-4e68-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The trombone-led trio demonstrated their knack for shifting rhythms and supple dynamics, writes Mike Hobart Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e1a8a7c0-4e68-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product e1a8a7c0-4e68-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product With live performances and recordings added, these sets are the nearest thing in the jazz canon to complete collections, writes Mike Hobart Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:07:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product a5b62dd8-4cd7-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1bbdcd8-4c11-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product A dirge-like score, hideous sets and costumes: it would be a total fiasco but for the excellent singing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:38:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c1bbdcd8-4c11-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product c1bbdcd8-4c11-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9570c2ba-4cbb-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The voice was fresh and flexible, but the emotional temperature in this Lieder recital failed to rise Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:36:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9570c2ba-4cbb-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 9570c2ba-4cbb-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9a0fcf72-4bf4-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product An old Afro-Cuban chestnut warms the Barbican on a freezing January night Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:20:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9a0fcf72-4bf4-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 9a0fcf72-4bf4-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/638a019a-4c06-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The triple bill featured trumpeter Yazz Ahmed’s trio,; ambient guitar from Stewart McCallum and the premiere of the Black Top trio Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:14:39 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/638a019a-4c06-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 638a019a-4c06-11e1-b1b5-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/31258ea8-4b44-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Jonathan Harvey’s Buddhist opera shackles a slowly building luminous score to a clunky libretto Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:10:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/31258ea8-4b44-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 31258ea8-4b44-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/29278d8e-4b29-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product The final instalment of Robert Lepage’s costly ‘Ring’ cycle lives down to its predecessors Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:09:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/29278d8e-4b29-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 29278d8e-4b29-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2fe6041e-4b2b-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product A magnificently eccentric turn from the reggae legend, backed by loping grooves from a first-class band Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2fe6041e-4b2b-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 2fe6041e-4b2b-11e1-a325-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/18ac2e82-48f0-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product Saxophonist’s festival celebrates Anglo-German musical collaboration with one-off get-togethers and long-established groups, writes Mike Hobart Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:17:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/18ac2e82-48f0-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/arts_music/feed//product 18ac2e82-48f0-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0