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.
Live from Helsinki the young dancers of the Finnish National Ballet offer a mixed programme of classical and contemporary dance brought to Slippedisc readers courtesy of OperaVision. The programme is built around German choreographer Marco […]
Holy Cow – Rijksmuseum Click here to watch Here’s a charming and quirky little video about a little-known aspect of the artworks in this great museum in Amsterdam – its cows. Friso Lammertse, Curator of […]
Some weeks ago, we reported the death in war of the renowned Ukrainian tenor Vladyslav Gorai. Two of his close friends, soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska and baritone Vitaliy Bilyi came together in a memorial performance of […]