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The Aix Festival’s world premiere tells a simple story of grief and exploration with a taut, lush score
He has won global accolades for his spare, dreamlike music and has a new show premiering in early July
George Benjamin’s experimental programme paid scrupulous attention to texture and dynamics
Two concerts that featured commemorative new pieces, modern classics — and an inspirational Beethoven’s Ninth
George Benjamin goes back to the abyss in his dark new opera
A celebratory programme that included four premieres
Harriet Walter’s lively Narrator is paired with two august composers in the other speaking roles
George Benjamin’s sophisticated, passionate opera is improving with age
Top-of-the-class live performances and recordings from four composers who look out to different horizons
Two concerts underlined the composer’s musical extremes
DVD recording of the modern era’s most powerful and sophisticated musical drama
George Benjamin’s programme played to the strengths of the Jubilee Quartet and pianist Leanne Cody
From Einstein’s violin to Brian May’s astrophysics degree, physics and music have long overlapped
Composer George Benjamin took up the baton for a perfectly formed concert featuring Birtwistle, Suckling and Britten
Composer’s second opera is a compact and sophisticated piece for the 21st century, full of strong ideas and singable lines
This year’s Beijing Music Festival has set out to explore connections in composition across cultures
George Benjamin’s second opera, based on a gory Provence legend, is sensual, evocative and gloriously singable
A two-day retrospective shows that the British composer’s work is best savoured in small doses
After years of self-imposed seclusion, composer George Benjamin emerges with a new opera and a retrospective
Even the knottiest new music holds no fears for Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan
Luxury designer whose sharp eyes turned the tide of war
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