5 OCTOBER 1974, page 25

Ballet

Canned dancing Robin Young There are times when I wonder whether it is a good thing being The Spectator's ballet critic. At the last general election, for example, when I was a......

Records

New reading John Bridcut Hoist The Planets LSO/Previn / Ambrosian Singers (HMV; ASD 3002) Sibelius Violin Concerto Fried/Belgium Radio SO/Defossez; Chausson Poerne......

San Sebastian Festival

Life with the stars Philip Bergson There is nothing like a film festival for restoring belief in the irrational and fantastic. The g audy gatherings of film-makers , publicists,......

Will Wa.spe

The dreaded Svoboda strikes again. The all-moving series of pitfalls the Czech master has designed in the way of a set for Covent Garden's new Ring production has proved too......