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.
In his speech to the Labour Party conference, the prime minister Starmer stressed the need to give opportunities to children, talking of his love of learning flute as a child. His first trip abroad, he […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: … It’s 1920 where the fun begins. Behind Haba’s cerebral exterior lurks mischief. The fourth of six pieces for piano is a setting of the nursery rhyme ‘1-2-3-4-5, […]