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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Ajax and Cassandra by Solomon J. Solomon, 1886. The composer Ben Rowarth is a figure whose music I have enjoyed over the last few years with works for the Marian Consort, Helen Charlston, and the […]
The death has been announced of artistic advisor Erich Seitter who advanced the careers of singer Elina Garanca, conductor Philippe Jordan and many more from an agency that he founded in 1986. Seitter was consultant […]
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Vanessa Wagner has been one of France’s most distinctive pianists for more than twenty years, equally at home in the classical repertoire and in contemporary music. Her latest project is the complete recording of Philip […]
