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Timmy Fisher

Timmy Fisher

Timmy read musicology at Durham University, studying composition with Richard Rijnvos. He has written for Gramophone and The Spectator, and composes for both film and the concert hall. He has a special interest in contemporary choral music, and co-hosts The Classical Music Pod with Sam Poppleton, available on iTunes and Spotify. Follow him on twitter at @timmy_fisher.

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Roberto González-Monjas: “Ser director es como ser psicólogo”

Por Timmy Fisher, 01 diciembre 2020

El director principal de la Musikkollegium Winterthur habla sobre interpretar la orquesta, Rothko y planificar a largo plazo.

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Roberto González-Monjas: “un director es como un psicólogo”

Por Timmy Fisher

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Un fénix de las llamas: diez años del "Caso Palau"

Por Timmy Fisher, 05 noviembre 2019

En 2009, una serie de alarmantes revelaciones salieron a la luz, sacudiendo el Palau de la Música hasta lo más profundo. Diez años después, este caso único esta llegando a su final.

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Un fénix de las llamas: diez años del "Caso Palau"

Por Timmy Fisher

A heartening return to live opera at Highgate's Lauderdale House

Por Timmy Fisher, 13 agosto 2020

HGO's production of Holst's Sāvitri is a smart choice for a socially distant era. But why mess with a winning formula?

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A heartening return to live opera at Highgate's Lauderdale House

Por Timmy Fisher

Sukanya: close but no sitar

Por Timmy Fisher, 15 enero 2020

Ravi Shankar's valiant fusion of East and West is no greater than the sum of its parts.

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Sukanya: close but no sitar

Por Timmy Fisher

Back to basics with the Philip Glass Ensemble

Por Timmy Fisher, 30 octubre 2019

Philip Glass’ Music with Changing Parts returns to London after a 48-year hiatus.

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Back to basics with the Philip Glass Ensemble

Por Timmy Fisher

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When that shark bites: Brecht, Weill and the Nazis

Por Timmy Fisher, 25 octubre 2019

Weimar-era Germany was fertile ground for radical artists like Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, but their mutual obsession with control proved too toxic for such a fragile partnership to last.

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When that shark bites: Brecht, Weill and the Nazis

Por Timmy Fisher

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Sin City: Mahagonny lives

Por Timmy Fisher, 10 octubre 2019

German conductor Markus Stenz talks Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht and the potency of their final collaboration in today’s political climate.

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Sin City: Mahagonny lives

Por Timmy Fisher

Absurd, unpleasant and wonderfully pertinent: Gerald Barry's The Intelligence Park

Por Timmy Fisher, 25 septiembre 2019

Almost 30 years since its last run, Gerald Barry’s The Intelligence Park makes a boisterous return to the stage.

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Absurd, unpleasant and wonderfully pertinent:

Por Timmy Fisher

An unlikely pair: Argento and Copland in a Grimeborn double bill

Por Timmy Fisher, 01 agosto 2019

Grimeborne's lopsided production of Miss Haversham's Wedding Night and 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson is both trick and treat.

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An unlikely pair: Argento and Copland in a Grimeborn double bill

Por Timmy Fisher

A cunning little masterpiece from Rattle and the LSO

Por Timmy Fisher, 27 junio 2019

Messrs Rattle and Sellars bewitch the Barbican audience with a sumptuous rendition of Janáček's magnum opus.

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A cunning little masterpiece from Rattle and the LSO

Por Timmy Fisher

Flotation tanks and absent kettles: Phelim McDermott on Tao of Glass

Por Timmy Fisher, 03 junio 2019

The English actor and stage director talks Taoism, Manchester’s Royal Exchange and his latest collaboration with Philip Glass.

Phelim McDermott on Flotation tanks and absent kettles

Por Timmy Fisher

What’s the poooints? Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Por Timmy Fisher, 05 mayo 2019

The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra deliver a bold but challenging programme of atonal works.

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Atonal explorations “through the forest” in Tallinn

Por Timmy Fisher

“Blossomings”: a stunning display of contemporary choral music in Tallinn

Por Timmy Fisher, 04 mayo 2019

The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir deliver the goods on home turf.

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“Blossomings”: a stunning display of contemporary choral music

Por Timmy Fisher

A Man of Good Hope: powerful and politically charged drama in the Linbury

Por Timmy Fisher, 16 abril 2019

The Insango Ensemble’s fast-paced production is a poingnant reminder of the damage colonialism has inflicted upon Africa

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A Man of Good Hope: powerful and politically charged drama

Por Timmy Fisher

Total Immersion: A deep dive into the work of Nadia and Lili Boulanger

Por Timmy Fisher, 06 abril 2019

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus provide the climax to a worthy day of discovery at the Barbican.

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A deep dive into the work of Nadia and Lili Boulanger

Por Timmy Fisher

Carl Craig and Chi-chi Nwanoku: “There can be black music within this classical world”

Por Timmy Fisher, 22 marzo 2019

In the run up to Carl Craig’s collaboration with Chineke! at the Royal Albert Hall, we talk to the veteran techno DJ about classical music and his creative process.

“There can be black music within this classical world”

Por Timmy Fisher

Fusion at the Cutty Sark

Por Timmy Fisher, 08 marzo 2019

Gimmicks galore in this genre-hopping spectacle from the BBC Singers and world music fusion band Kabantu.

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Fusion at the Cutty Sark

Por Timmy Fisher

Robin Hood: a satirical new opera in Peckham

Por Timmy Fisher, 27 febrero 2019

Dani Howard’s satirical take on an age-old tale for The Opera Story is a must-see.

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Robin Hood: a satirical new opera in Peckham

Por Timmy Fisher

SoundState: A bright future for new music at the Southbank

Por Timmy Fisher, 16 enero 2019

Marin Alsop lead the London Philharmonic in a thrilling showcase for contemporary composition at the Southbank Centre's SoundState festival.

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SoundState: A bright future for new music at the Southbank

Por Timmy Fisher

Mark Bowden's Sapiens: humanity in music from the London Sinfonietta

Por Timmy Fisher, 07 diciembre 2018

Two world premieres from Mark Bowden and Colin Matthews breath life into the Southbank's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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Sapiens: humanity in music

Por Timmy Fisher

Seeking new horizons with the Royal Philharmonic

Por Timmy Fisher, 27 noviembre 2018

Alexander Shelley conducts a folksong-infused programme of Kodály and Bartók, with Mariam Batsashvili performing Liszt.

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Seeking new horizons with the Royal Philharmonic

Por Timmy Fisher

An apocalyptic spectacle from Robert Ames and the LCO

Por Timmy Fisher, 31 octubre 2018

Excellent performances of Scelsi's Uaxuctum and John Luther Adams' prescient Become Ocean were by accompanied by an impressive, but ultimately distracting audiovisual display.

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An apocalyptic spectacle from Robert Ames and the LCO

Por Timmy Fisher

Re-imagining: A showcase for innovation, both old and new at Kings Place

Por Timmy Fisher, 20 octubre 2018

The unlikely pairing of jazz and Baroque makes complete sense under the baton of Sam Poppleton.

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Re-imagining: A showcase for innovation at Kings Place

Por Timmy Fisher

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Polymath composers and their extra-musical successes

Por Timmy Fisher, 12 octubre 2018

From the anthology of classical music greats there springs a surprising number of multi-faceted composers. We already know all about their musical achievements, but from Rossini to Wagner, many hide also talents as science geniuses, celebrated chefs, sporting prodigies, accomplished artists and even political pioneers.

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Polymath composers and their extra-musical successes

Por Timmy Fisher