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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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pictured: DSCH with Walt Disney

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ORA Singers opens applications for its 7th Young Composers’ programme for students at non fee-paying schools across the UK

The Benedetti Foundation on this week’s BBC Radio 4 appeal

Así que pasen cinco años: Edward Lambert's Federico Garcia Lorca-based opera, In Five Years' Time debuts at The Space Theatre

Así que pasen cinco años: Edward Lambert’s Federico Garcia Lorca-based opera, In Five Years’ Time debuts at The Space Theatre

Celebrating 150 years of British women composers in song: SWAP'ra's Rebecca Clarke Song Competition

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Our East Anglian-based correspondent, Tony Cooper, reports on the Norwich Philharmonic Society returning to their roots at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, after a two-year absence.

Our East Anglian-based correspondent, Tony Cooper, reports on the Norwich Philharmonic Society returning to their roots at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich, after a two-year absence.

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