Daniel Martyn Lewis embarks on an exploration of Bach’s forty-eight Preludes and Fugues at Hay Festival, bringing both rigour and an idiosyncratic individuality to his approach.
Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale is a curious piece. Written in the dying days of World War One, in 1918, whilst Stravinsky was in exile in Switzerland, it was initially planned to alleviate his precarious financial situation.
