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A real festival programme: varied lineups in music by Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich & Brahms at Hatfield House Music Festival Still remarkably youthful himself, Chromatica Orchestra’s new chief conductor Oliver Cope sees their role as developing the next generation of musical talent Music in anxious times: Hatfield House Music Festival opens with a captivating evening of music from the time the house first opened Celebrating John Joubert at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in advance of his 2027 centenary O’Hare Music Centre, Britten Pears Arts’ new hub for music education, participation and artist development
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A bad day for Shostakovich

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A bad day for Shostakovich

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

When the British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week that he listened to Shostakovich if he was having a hard time, I wondered if he’d been tuned in to the same set as me. There are many things in life that make me reach for Shostakovich and I am rarely let down by performance — certainly never as exasperated as I was by these.

The good things first. …

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A real festival programme: varied lineups in music by Mozart, Britten, Shostakovich & Brahms at Hatfield House Music Festival

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Still remarkably youthful himself, Chromatica Orchestra's new chief conductor Oliver Cope sees their role as developing the next generation of musical talent

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