The marketing machine is in high gear in Manchester in aid of the Rufus Wainwright’s new opera Prima Donna. There are banners and billboards all over town and Tuesday night Wainwright was the subject of an hour-long BBC documentary. Prima...

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Poking around Youtube for the Near/Far Sesame Street clip from Thursday got Miss Mussel thinking about what other televisions shows she liked as a child. Here’s a list of ten for your Sunday morning ration of televisual delights. Simon In the Land Of...

These were meant to be posted on Monday in honour of the Berliner Mauerfall commemoration. Celebration doesn’t seem like quite the right word, particularly since even now, 20 years on, not all Berliners are convinced that this modern day Jericho...

Just in case you’ve been under a rock these last few days here’s an OM FYI Bulletin: Sesame Street is 40 this year. Its interaction with classical music has been well-documented elsewhere, so all that’s left to do is to say that this is the best...

In today’s Record The immensely popular Back To Baroque Series presented by the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony had its first concert Wednesday evening at First United Church in Kitchener. Although the title is a bit misleading – music from the...