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Exhibitions

Paris: Capital of the Arts 1900-4968 (Royal Academy, till 19 April) Frantic tour Martin Gayford A re cities exhibitable? The evidence seems to be piling up that they are not.......

Opera

The Death of Klinghoffer (Barbican) Reflections on hijacking Michael Tanner J ohn's Earbox', the appropriately quirky name given to the weekend of concerts devoted to Adams's......

Music

Enriched by Brahms Robin Holloway T he 'Pathetic Fallacy', that romantic doctrine whereby the changing weather mirrors the changing moods, invites spirited rebuttal. One needn't......