The great Cornish baritone died in July this year, aged 87. Friends and colleagues gathered this week at the Wigmore Hall to remember him.
Speakers include Dame Janet Baker, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Bryn Terfel, David Willison, Petroc Trelawny and Sir Mark Elder, as well as recordings of Benjamin Luxon himself.
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