A rare video has com to light from John Amis’s private archive.
Grainger, in his 70s at the time, was not on top of his game, but fascinating nonetheless.
He remains Australia’s most successful composer.
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Here we have an enticing new recording of the music of Edward MacDowell on Chandos. And who better to bring it to life like no one else can than John Wilson. Well, the first red […]
In 1991 I spent time with the rock-star Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, who has died aged 84. Phil had conceived a passion verging on obsession with recent, mostly British, symphonists of considerable obscurity. Havergal […]
The death is reported of Juan Carlos Núñez, a composer much beloved of Venezuelan musicians, both at home and in exile. After studies in Warsaw, Núñez conducted most of the leading orchestras and encouraged composers […]
