I was so sad to hear, yesterday, of the death of James Bowman whose Oberon at Glyndebourne in the early 1980s first introduced me to the delights of Britten's …
Aurora, Beethoven – and the Printworks
No, you are right - this definitely does not look like the start of a standard Beethoven concert. But then there was very little standard about the Aurora …
London Handel Festival – what a cracker
Had you ever heard of the London Handel Festival? I hadn't although I am not (or at least I wasn't) that great a Handel fan so maybe that is not surprising. And …
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