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 death has been communicated of Klaus Thunemann, principal bassoon in Hamburg in the 1960s and 70s, an international soloist and a lasting influence on the next two generations of performers. Klaus was 88. The […]
A number of reports are suggesting that the Lang Lang effect is wearing off among the Chinese middle-classes. New piano sales in China are thought to be down to half of the peak 400,000 and […]
Busoni: Piano Concerto – Benjamin Grosvenor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise) Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Busoni: Piano Concerto; Benjamin Grosvenor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner; BBC Proms at the Royal […]