Choral evensong at 3.30pm today will be the final Winchester service led by director of music Andrew Lumsden. A full house is expected with many singers and music lovers past and present driving in from afar.
The numbers will be seen as a protest against the cathedral administration, which has imposed silence on departing staff.
The bishop is conducting an inquiry. This is not over yet.
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Bizet’s perennially popular opera Carmen, a work capable of multiple reinventions, is popping up in two UK regional productions. Northern Ireland Opera has announced cast and creatives for its first-ever production of Carmen which debuts at Belfast’s Grand […]
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.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "By turns illuminating & compelling: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on terrific form in Britten & Vaughan Williams at the BBC Proms")
