An extremely rare interview with the grande dame of British pianism, heroine of the Blitz.
She also talks of making false crescendos to mask the noise of flying bombs. ‘When the bomb went away, I made a decrescendo.’
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Paul Mann British conductor Paul Mann is the principal guest conductor of Lviv National Philharmonic (based in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine) and has a significant discography with Toccata Classics recording undeservedly forgotten […]
Aportia Chryptych opens tomorrow in Toronto. Might it have something to do with the COC general director’s abrupt departure? Here’s the blurb. Nova Scotian contralto Portia White was the first Black Canadian concert performer to […]
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