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 notified of the death in Mannheim of the ex-Juilliard pianist and Mannheim University teacher, Scott Faigen. Scott was 69. From his Pittsburgh obit: For six years, Scott was a répétiteur at the […]
The cultural venue La Gaité Lyrique has been paralysed for a week by a homeless sit-in. The theatre has issued this statement: 200 people from all walks of life and without housing solutions, grouped as […]
A wealthy businessman has hired the Toronto Symphony and the Amadeus Chorus for a public performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony on Wednesday at Roy Thomson Hall. Musicians are said to be uneasy but none will […]