Paris In Raptures Over Two Modern Masters

Time is looking more fondly on the work of these radical composers, writes Roger Covell. How do composers famous in their younger days for radicalism look to the future of their art and reputation as they reach their 80th birthday? Paris in the past few days has been witness to hints of how a baton change might occur for two eminent seniors of music, Frenchman Pierre Boulez and German Hans Werner Henze.

Programmed For War

WAR MAY be hell but it's also a rich source of inspiration: even before the days of Homer, poets, novelists, composers and painters have all been moved by either the heroics of war or its tragedies. Or both.