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.
Matthew Raimondi died in Bar Harbor, Maine, at the age of 96 on Saturday, October 19. He is survived by his wife, Natalie, and daughter, Diana, and scores of friends and fellow musicians with whom […]
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Newbury Spring Festival Chorus at St Nicolas Church, Newbury 2025 (Photo: Milly March) The Newbury Spring Festival features two weeks of music and the arts with diverse genres including jazz, music theatre, […]
To mark its 25th anniversary, the Dresden Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by a robot in a new work at the Hellerau Festival Hall in October. According to the orchestra, the rhythmic subtlety and cross-tempos […]