Mark Pullinger
@larkingrumple.bsky.social
Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated.
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I can well imagine… and my personal apologies for not checking.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I can well imagine… and my personal apologies for not checking.
They've got there now! www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
Boris Giltburg/Philharmonia review — a lot of piano bang for your buck
The Israeli musician stepped in for Evgeny Kissin at the Royal Festival Hall, pairing Prokofiev’s Third and Rachmaninov’s Second
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November 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
They've got there now! www.thetimes.com/culture/clas...
Dear Boris, the misspelling was corrected this morning, but they haven't amended the nationality yet (I emailed them first thing).
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dear Boris, the misspelling was corrected this morning, but they haven't amended the nationality yet (I emailed them first thing).
A reconstruction of the dress worn by Caterina in Hayez’s painting, plus costumes from the 1844 premiere of the opera:
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A reconstruction of the dress worn by Caterina in Hayez’s painting, plus costumes from the 1844 premiere of the opera:
And here’s that Francesco Hayez painting in the local Accademia Carrara:
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
And here’s that Francesco Hayez painting in the local Accademia Carrara:
Astonishing. I was lucky enough to see her twice: a sparkling Rosina (with veterans Gabriel Bacquier and Ruggero Raimondi) and a teasing Dalila, opposite José Carreras.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Astonishing. I was lucky enough to see her twice: a sparkling Rosina (with veterans Gabriel Bacquier and Ruggero Raimondi) and a teasing Dalila, opposite José Carreras.