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  Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch review – Glanert's spectacular, scurrilous chronicle of sin
  The painter is called out for his misdeeds in Detlev Glanert’s apocalyptic and sometimes awesome requiem, beautifully performed under Semyon Bychkov
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  Liam Payne: LP1 review – genre-ticking anonymity
  (Capitol)
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  Rufus and Martha Wainwright review – quirky, magnificent festive blowout
  Chrissie Hynde, Neil Tennant and Sophie Ellis-Bextor joyously topped up the Wainwright siblings’ big-hearted Christmas fundraiser, A Not So Silent Night
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  Shush... and enjoy the music: how listening bars have hit the right note
  After slow food and mindfulness, the latest trend is to attend an event with high-end sound systems
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  Camila Cabello: Romance review – giddy, frisky fun
  (Epic/Syco)
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  The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife review – totally of the now
  (Impulse)
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  On my radar: Nicolas Godin’s cultural highlights
  The Air musician on architect Charlotte Perriand, the wit of Watchmen, and the best sake in Paris
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  One to watch: Scarypoolparty
  His American Idol audition went viral, Katy Perry wants to be his roadie, and now he’s touring his acclaimed debut album
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  Clairo review – a quiet phenomenon
  The young US singer’s introspective tunes inspire devotion from fans, but her unshowy style is ill-suited to the role of indie-rock frontwoman
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  From cantatas to carols: the best classical Christmas albums of 2019
  From small-scale Bach and Renaissance Spain to a poignant Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, there is festive uplift for all
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  Bluebeard’s Castle; András Schiff, Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer; Manchester Collective – review
  Opera North’s concert performance gets right to the heart of Bartók’s opera. Elsewhere, Hungarian fireworks of a different kind
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  Grimes review – a suitably surreal invasion of the Miami Art Basel
  The artist appeared among Florida’s monied art fiends with a pristine alternate-reality trip – and a gloriously flawed DJ set
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