Leszek Kolakowski

Dec 10, 2024 | newcriterion.com | James Nuechterlein |Anthony Daniels |Leszek Kolakowski |Douglas Murray

When Piotr Beczała took the stage at Carnegie Hall last night, he was greeted by huge applause—huge and sustained applause. This must be encouraging to a recitalist, even one as experienced and famous as Beczała. He is a Polish tenor, as you know, and he was accompanied by Helmut Deutsch, the veteran Austrian pianist. Deutsch is the regular accompanist of another tenor star, too: Jonas Kaufmann (a German). Both Beczała and Kaufmann know a good thing when they see or hear it.

Dec 10, 2024 | newcriterion.com | James Nuechterlein |Anthony Daniels |Leszek Kolakowski |Douglas Murray

Art:“House of David” inscribed on the Tel Dan Stele, 9th century B.C., Basalt. Collection of the Israel Antiques Authority. Photo © The Israel Museum, by Meidad Suchowolski. “Tel Dan Stele” at the Jewish Museum, New York (through January 5): Lacking hard evidence for the existence of King David, as well as various other biblical figures, modern scholars until recently considered much of the history recorded in the Old Testament to be literary invention.

Dec 9, 2024 | newcriterion.com | James Nuechterlein |Anthony Daniels |Douglas Murray |Leszek Kolakowski

Oliver Sacks’s Letters, at 752 pages, is anachronistic in two respects. First, there is the spectacle of six decades’ worth of correspondence, meticulously preserved (Oliver Sacks cloned every outgoing missive, whether by carbon copy, typewriter, or photocopier), tracking the growth and preoccupations of an intellectual giant.

Jun 27, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Leszek Kolakowski

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