28 SEPTEMBER 1996, page 60

Music

Total contrasts Robin Holloway I must turn aside from the riches of an exceptionally diverse Proms season to com- plete the promise of reviewing only its new symphonies and......

Victorian Encounters

Edward Lucie-Smith visits the National Portrait Gallery's redesigned galleries T he National Portrait Gallery is a Vic- torian institution, and its vast collection of 19th- and......