From the great man’s maiden speech in the House of Lords in 1993, newly uploaded on Youtube.
‘Music is the one art,’ he says, ‘that can create order out of chaos.’
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Duke Ellington We talked last week about the great Duke Ellington and his work with the equally great Ella Fitzgerald, whose birthday it was, without my noticing that this week is the 186th birthday of […]
The German film composer Hans Zimmer is in discussion with officials in Riyadh on a number of projects, including a reinstrumentation lof their national anthem. They must have really loved Dune. More here. The post […]
We have been notified of the passing of Perry Montague-Mason, popular leader of several British orchestras. After an early spell in the BBC Concert Orchestra, Perry led Mantovani Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra for […]
