The virtuous cycle

Claire Jackson
Monday, April 29, 2024

Composer cycles offer audiences – and artists – a way of experiencing a composer's work in its 'purest' form. Claire Jackson talks to the musicians getting under the skin of Sibelius, Shostakovich, Wagner and more

Mae Heydorn, Katie Lowe and Harriet Williams perform in Longborough Festival Opera's production of Gotterdammerung which will form part of the festival's week-long Ring cycle this summer ©Matthew Williams-Ellis
Mae Heydorn, Katie Lowe and Harriet Williams perform in Longborough Festival Opera's production of Gotterdammerung which will form part of the festival's week-long Ring cycle this summer ©Matthew Williams-Ellis

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