Huge applause for Andrew Lumsden (and Claudia Grinnell) at the conclusion of this afternoon’s ’farewell’ evensong. Congregation of hundreds; wonderful singing – the most musical congregation I’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of.
Andrew directed the choir and played us out magnificently through the last hymn and voluntary. Extraordinarily positive congregation celebrating 22 years of his first-class direction and music-making.
NCEM Young Composers Award 2024 winners Ryan Collins and Charlotte Robertson with Ex Corde Each year Young Composers Award is presented by the National Centre for Early Music in association with BBC Radio 3 and […]
The award winning pianist and Moscow Conservatoire professor Yuri Slepanov died today in Moscow. He was a finalist at Leeds (1969) and the Tchaikovsky (1970) before winning a UUSR-only competition in Talinn. The post Russian […]