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Post your questions for Amy Lee of Evanescence

silverguide.site – The metal icon is here to answer your questions about the band’s 90s origins, MTV fame and being trailblazer in a male dominated genre…
Post your questions for Amy Lee of Evanescence
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From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha

silverguide.site – Chances to hear Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s choral masterpiece in concert are rare. Ahead of its belated Edinburgh festival premiere with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, we look at the epic work - and its epic baggage…
From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha
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LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming

silverguide.site – The first of two evening proms began with the Los Angeles Phil’s polished but polite Beethoven and intoxicating Adès. Later, the Fantasia orchestra’s bitty playlist-type programme only occasionally sparked into life.…
LA Phil/Dudamel; Fantasia Orchestra / Fetherstonhaugh/Glennie reviews – high-contrast programming
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Rod Stewart cancels farewell tour dates after undergoing successful heart procedure

silverguide.site – The singer said that he was ‘already feeling better’ but forthcoming dates on his mammoth farwell tour will not now go ahead…
Rod Stewart cancels farewell tour dates after undergoing successful heart procedure
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Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually

silverguide.site – Esa-Pekka Salonen led an orchestra of players from London’s Royal Academy of Music and New York’s Juilliard School through 20th-century classics with Vilde Frang the electrifying soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto…
Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually
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The Galloping Cure review – powerful new opera tackles the opioid crisis with bite and black comedy

silverguide.site – Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s new music theatre work boasts a richly textured score with a direct but sophisticated musical language. Daniela Mack is ideal as the conflicted doctor as its heart…
The Galloping Cure review – powerful new opera tackles the opioid crisis with bite and black comedy
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Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles / György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – Bristol Proms reach for the heavenly

silverguide.site – Sunday afternoon’s two concerts, closing the Proms’ Bristol weekend, brought the superlative Tenebrae, and Sakari Oramo swapping baton for bow to duet with his wife…
Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles / György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – Bristol Proms reach for the heavenly
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Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle

silverguide.site – Playing their biggest headlining gig to date, the Russell brothers are in a bouncy mood, though their grandstanding rave melodies lose some punch in an outdoor environment…
Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle
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‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave

silverguide.site – How does it feel to be locked into a venue notorious for its unpadded seating to experience a full-throttle Ring cycle and more? Our critic found out at the 150th anniversary of the mighty Bayreuth festival…
‘This is asking a lot of the buttocks’: my 23-hour Wagner marathon on a rock hard seat in a heatwave
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The Drover’s Wife review – operatic version of Leah Purcell’s story is powerfully emotional

silverguide.site – Purcell’s play-turned-book-turned-film is now also an opera, a form that allows for a more expansive story and a deeper sense of First Nations culture…
The Drover’s Wife review – operatic version of Leah Purcell’s story is powerfully emotional
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William Orbit obituary

silverguide.site – Musician and record producer who reignited Madonna’s career with his work on her 1998 album Ray of Light…
William Orbit obituary
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National Youth Orchestra/Adès review – assured young musicians end their season all guns blazing

silverguide.site – Thunderous timpani, stereo harps, a supersized horn section and 160 teenagers combined for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Adès’s Dante and a Liszt waltz…
National Youth Orchestra/Adès review – assured young musicians end their season all guns blazing
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BBC Symphony Orchestra/Venditti review – a fervent but lithe-limbed Stabat Mater

silverguide.site – Nil Venditti’s animated account of Rossini’s choral work embraced its lyricism and theatricality – paired on the bill with the Proms debut of Respighi’s Church Windows…
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Venditti review – a fervent but lithe-limbed Stabat Mater
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Nas / The Roots review – NY rap legend is in a nostalgic state of mind

silverguide.site – Nas performs his gritty but intricate 90s classics, sharing the bill on the first London edition of the Roots Picnic festival with Questlove and co’s exuberant funk…
Nas / The Roots review – NY rap legend is in a nostalgic state of mind
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‘Chris Martin seems nice – but Coldplay make me feel carsick!’: Lucy Beaumont’s honest playlist

silverguide.site – As a tween, Hull’s finest learned the rap from Waterfalls – now she blubs to prog. But which song from a British singer-songwriter is her guilty pleasure?…
‘Chris Martin seems nice – but Coldplay make me feel carsick!’: Lucy Beaumont’s honest playlist
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‘She’s the voice of a really particular moment’: how Phoebe Bridgers became her generation’s defining songwriter

silverguide.site – The US songwriter’s third album has drawn rave reviews, she counts Taylor Swift as a fan and pop bears the imprint of her wit and pathos. Her peers explain how she did it…
‘She’s the voice of a really particular moment’: how Phoebe Bridgers became her generation’s defining songwriter
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Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande’s body? There is no right answer

silverguide.site – I wish I could say that expressing concern for the pop star’s health is helpful – but I know from experience it’s not that simple…
Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande’s body? There is no right answer
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Olivia Rodrigo review – crushing riffs and infectious hooks at secret New York show

silverguide.site – Playing to just 1,000 fans, Rodrigo’s pop-up show is a thrillingly intimate showcase of her tour de force talent…
Olivia Rodrigo review – crushing riffs and infectious hooks at secret New York show
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Oberon review – part panto, part grand opera, Weber’s final work has charm but doesn’t quite convince

silverguide.site – There’s a new narration delivered by Tamsin Greig and the crack forces of the Monteverdi Choir, the ORR and world-class singers, all led by Mark Elder, but the 200-year-old piece remains a strange hybrid…
Oberon review – part panto, part grand opera, Weber’s final work has charm but doesn’t quite convince
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Grieg Lyric Pieces album review – Feltsman brings a probing flexibility that transforms this music

silverguide.site – Feltsman’s comprehensive survey of the Lyric Pieces is revelatory and authoritative…
Grieg Lyric Pieces album review – Feltsman brings a probing flexibility that transforms this music
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