John Lloyd's Blog
May 1, 2017
LPO/Mauceri, Royal Festival Hall — from overblown to delicate
Guest conductor John Mauceri lacked momentum but soprano Angel Blue brought gentle radiance to Strauss
The Treatment, Almeida Theatre — lives as mere material
Martin Crimp’s 1993 satire about an abuse victim trying to tell her story looks different in the light of reality TV
Flawless grooves and constant invention at Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Big names included Chick Corea and Lionel Loueke — but Chris Potter delivered the highlight
Bob Dylan at the London Palladium — irony and seriousness
The elusive singer mixed standards with classics from his own catalogue in a playful performance
April 30, 2017
Haas: in vain, Royal Festival Hall, London — shifting clouds of harmony
The London Sinfonietta returned to a work that keeps the imagination turning over
New York Philharmonic/Salonen, Geffen Hall, New York — analytical precision
Salonen conducted a programme that included Tansy Davies’s concerto for four horns
April 28, 2017
Interview: director François Ozon on his new film Frantz
The French auteur talks about his tricksy, topical and uncharacteristically chaste new movie
The story of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’
A Madrid exhibition uncovers the artistic roots of this anti-war masterpiece
Interview: director Yaël Farber reinvents a Biblical femme fatale
Why the story of ‘wicked’ Salome is getting a radical new interpretation on stage
Many happy returns: Barrie Rutter on bringing ‘Richard III’ back to Hull
The director is taking the play that launched Northern Broadsides home for the City of Culture year
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