The Swedish conductor will celebrate his 97th birthday on Thursday with a performance of Bruckner’s ninth symphony.
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Willem Wissing (1656-87) – Mary II (1662-94) when Princess of Orange c.1686-87 (Photo: Royal Collection Trust RCIN 405643) A Choral Celebration of Queen Mary II: Clarke, Blow, Purcell, Handel; chapel choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, […]
The composer Joseph Pibbs is working with historian and podcaster Dominic Sandbrook on an opera documenting the decline and fall of the reformist British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Mezzo-soprano Lucy Schauffer will play Mrs T. […]
A procession of Roden Girl Choristers closed the service, accompanied by an organ improvisation by the Dutch organist Sietze de Vries. Perfect peace. The post Girls add grace to Evensong at York Minster appeared first […]
