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.
We have been reminded of the BBC’s 1983 super-slow mini-series on the domestic life of Richard Wagner. The composer was played by Richard Burton, Cosima by Vanessa Redgrave. It gets worse as you go down […]
Originally conceived by Carlo Collodi, the Pinocchio story has seen adaptations over the eras. Here Polish National Ballet presents a danced version to music by Mieczysław Weinberg, the Polish-born Soviet composer Mieczylaw Weinberg, who has […]
From Ulla Miilmann, principal flute of Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra: First day of touring with Danish National Symphony Orchestra and I forget my orchestra reading glasses. I go into a random optometrist shop and explain […]