8 MAY 2004, page 55

Just Perfect

Marcus Berkmann I n the 273 years I have been writing this column, absolutely no one at all has ever asked me why it's 'Pop music' and not 'Rock music' or just 'Pop' or 'Rock'......

Britten At His Best

Michael Tanner The Rape of Lucretia Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House Q f all Britten's stage works (not including the dreaded church parables), I have found The Rape of......