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.
The composer Joseph Pibbs is working with historian and podcaster Dominic Sandbrook on an opera documenting the decline and fall of the reformist British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Mezzo-soprano Lucy Schauffer will play Mrs T. […]
Philip Venables (Photo: ® Charl Marais) Philip Venables’ opera We are the lucky ones is being premiered by Dutch National Opera on 14 March 2025 in Amsterdam. The opera features a libretto by Nina Segal and […]
The violinist Hilary Hahn has announced her return next Wednesday after a seven-month lay-off with a trapped nerve. She has announced her resumption in the past hour. I’m thrilled to return to the stage with […]