Totally unexpected. In 1971, John Rutter published Fancies, a set of six short pieces for choir and chamber orchestra, on texts taken from Elizabethan poets. Rutter explained, “The ‘fancies’ are the fleeting ideas, dreams and […]
Three years ago, we published a photo of Pope Francis nipping out of a record store in Rome. The Vatican posted a hasty press release, saying he had just blessed the shop after renovation. But […]
First, Opera North pulled back before Christmas from a proposed merger with struggling Northern Ballet which could have pulled both companies down. Now, Northern Ballet has made an offer to its musicians that they say […]