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A coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino chronicles how Teenage Elio grows fond of Oliver, his ...

Poetry is close to my heart. I would be lost without its very specific magic, its ability to spark wonder and shock and to open up fresh vistas on life in God. But as W. H. Auden famously says in his ...

Opening with those quintessential Romantics, Lord Byron and Manfred, Karina Canellakis’ LPO programme builds to a Bruckner 4 ...

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