Huge applause for Andrew Lumsden (and Claudia Grinnell) at the conclusion of this afternoon’s ’farewell’ evensong. Congregation of hundreds; wonderful singing – the most musical congregation I’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of.
Andrew directed the choir and played us out magnificently through the last hymn and voluntary. Extraordinarily positive congregation celebrating 22 years of his first-class direction and music-making.
Better remembered for his organ music, Louis Vierne (1870-1937) nevertheless penned a substantial amount of piano music. Sergio Monteiro’s survey was launched by a disc that included the Suite Bourguignonne and the Poème des cloches […]
A couple of days after Asmik Grigorian pulled out of Munich’s Flying Dutchman at the end of this month, the Dutchman himself has cancelled. Gerald Finley is out. Nicholas Brownlee jumps in. Camilla Nylund replaces […]
Founded in 2009, cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival is celebrating Youth and Experience in its 2024 festival which runs from 29 August to 1 September 2024, featuring concerts set in the stunning […]