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In tune with poetry

Henrietta Bredin

Wednesday, 5th March 2008

Henrietta Bredin talks to Ian Bostridge about his passion for Lieder and his plans for the future

What lies ahead for Ian Bostridge? In May he will tackle another flawed hero when he sings Idomeneo at the Barbican, with the baroque ensemble Europa Galante. ‘It’s probably my favourite Mozart opera, along with Le nozze di Figaro, but there isn’t really a good role for me to sing in that — I should probably save Basilio for my declining years! And there are two composers I’m leading up to: Brahms and Strauss. I’ve sung some Brahms as half of a mixed recital, with Schumann, at the Wigmore Hall, but I’ve worked up another half now, so that’s exciting. And I’ve been reading this wonderful book by Alex Ross called The Rest is Noise. He’s very good on Strauss so I’m starting to wonder about him as well. I think I should look at the songs.’

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Community living

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Recent loves

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Question time

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Quality treat

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The Diary of Anne Frank (BBC1, Monday to Friday); Oz and James Drink to Britain (BBC2, Tuesday)

Good intentions

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If you don’t mind — yeah, like you’ve any choice in the matter — what I thought I’d do for this New Year column is to do just enough TV for the editor not to want to sack me, then move swiftly on to the stuff my hardcore fans prefer, namely the rambling and shameless solipsism.

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A perfect cadence

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This year, on 11 December — and I wish more people knew about it than actually do — the American composer Elliott Carter celebrates his 100th birthday.