The Fremch organ composer Maurice Duruflé (1902-86) was a shy and retiring man who did little to promote his music other than playing it in church.
This is the composer playing his Suite opus 5. You sit there for 23 seconds wondering, when does the piece begin?
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Chekhov Click here for Toby Jones Click here for Andrew Scott There have been many productions of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya since its premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1899. Here are two recent versions for […]
The composer Thomas Hertel, former music director of Dresden State Theatre, died on Monday after a long illness. Hertel, who was 73, suffered restrictions under Communism and left for West Germany in 1985, finding work […]
The University of St Andrews, in Fife, has let it be known that the distinguished violist Alan George ‘has very recently stepped aside from an extraordinary 56-year association with the Fitzwilliam Quartet.’ There has been […]
